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Source: http://blogs.cfr.org/husain/2012/01/11/whitewashing-hamas-is-a-mistake/
Whitewashing Hamas Is a Mistake
(Council on Foreign Relations) Ed Husain - I attended the Intelligence Squared Debate in New York. The whitewashing of Hamas left me deeply disturbed. Mustafa Barghouthi cited a recent statement from Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal that allegedly commits to nonviolence. Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, the Qassam Brigades, and other Hamas leadership figures clearly did not get the memo. They are yet to confirm that Hamas will adopt nonviolence. Hamas is a terrorist organization. It remains so. It actively seeks Israel's destruction. These facts must be accepted, not ignored. The writer is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at CFR.