Who is supporting Hamas?
Given Syria's apparent receptiveness to be drawn into the current Middle East 'peace talks' (US Special Middle East envoy George Mitchell traveled there at the end of last week, London-based pan-Arabic daily al-Sharq al-Awswat wonders who is backing Hamas' efforts to upend the talks. Therefore the question here is; who is supporting Hamas's position that is seeking to sabotage the ongoing peace negotiations that are taking place in the region? Is it the Syrians, for example, in order to strengthen their position in the event that they join the peace negotiations? Or is it Iran, whose position rejecting the negotiations reached the point of insulting the Palestinian President? Or is the entire story that Hamas wants to be the negotiator, in other words the party acknowledged to be in power, and thus brought to the negotiating table, and is therefore sabotaging the negotiations in accordance with the [Arab] proverb "Either I'm involved, or forget it?"There won't be any clear condemnation of an Arab terror attack on Jews. Even Hamas' arch-rival Abu Bluff couldn't bring himself to condemn the attacks two and a half weeks ago with a straight face.
Regardless of Hamas's position, this means that the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group is harming the Palestinian Cause, and the entire region. Hamas, whether this is the Syrian arm of the group that is located in Damascus, or the arm that is located in Gaza, refrained from firing rockets into Israel over the past two years, so why is Hamas firing rockets today? Hamas has openly tried to court Washington a number of times [over the past two years], so what has changed today for the group to return to firing rockets?
Therefore in order to strengthen the international position that supports the Palestinian position, and thereby bring about the birth of a Palestinian State as well as ensure that the critical Arab position towards Israel's settlement policy is taken seriously, the Arabs must participate [in the peace process] and announce a clear condemnation of the futile actions that Hamas have undertaken since the re-launching of the US-sponsored peace process.
And Syria playing both sides against the middle - an art they learned well from their Russian patron - is not a surprise either. In fact, it's completely in character.
And then there's Iran....
What could go wrong?
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:31 AM
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On Latma, there was the hilarious clip of Ahmedinejad saying he's ready to talk to Israel!
Goes to show people will believe what they want to hear.
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