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June 22, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/20/opinion/edmako.php

To Appease Hamas Now Would Be Wrong and Counterproductive

[International Herald Tribune] David Makovsky - To appease Hamas now would be wrong and counterproductive. It would be wrong given what Hamas has just done. Hamas gunmen ransacked many Palestinian institutions in Gaza, took over crossing points, seized Palestine television, fired into hospitals, summarily executed some of their rivals, and even pushed some people out of windows. It would be counterproductive because it would undercut moderates. Why would Fatah support a two-state solution if a group that perpetrates terror attacks and received aid from Iran was being treated as a legitimate interlocutor?

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