I read something incredibly ironic Monday in the Moscow Times (see sidebar). According to an article, Russia has been playing host to member of the Hamas faction of the Palestinian Authority. You know Hamas, it's basically a terrorist group that is bent on destroying Israel, and it recently won majority within the PA. Since they won't acknowledge Israel's right to exist, nor renounce violence, the west ceased all aid to Palestine.
Now, here's the ironic part. Khaled Mashaal, leader of Hamas, was speaking to a press conference in Moscow, and said, "Our goal is to encourage the international community to start cooperating with the Palestinian government and to exert pressure on Israel to recognize the Palestinian state's right to exist." Whoa...wait, you, a pseudo-government of a non-sovereign territory that has as its stated goal the annihilation of Israel and meanwhile won't even acknowledge it should exist, you demand acknowledgment and support from Israel? Do you know see the irony in that statement? Or the hypocrisy?
Honestly, the election of Hamas into the government killed any legitimacy of the government in both my eyes and, I believe, in the eyes of Israel. It would be like Ireland voting in the IRA, the IRA stating that it still has the right to blow bombs up in Britain, and then demanding the UK treat them as if they were an acknowledged stat with legitimate goals and policies. You just don't do that!
And here Putin is hosting them, acting like some big diplomat. I think they're trying to play a game and come out on top as a big deal peace broker for the middle-east, not, I suppose, understanding the concepts of isolation and shunning. Honestly, the purpose of isolation was to show that there are limits. You cannot spew the sort of idiocy that Mashaal does and be recognized as a legitimate ruler. Except apparently in the Russian Federation. Because, this is the same country where the President dropped gubernatorial elections, and has managed to re-write election laws to exclude all but the so called "center-right" and "center-left" parties, which just happen to BOTH be yes-men groups for the Kremlin. These along with other political bizarrities (yes, I made up my own word) make the words of Mashaal look almost sane.
Then again, maybe it just shows itself to be foolish.
Now, here's the ironic part. Khaled Mashaal, leader of Hamas, was speaking to a press conference in Moscow, and said, "Our goal is to encourage the international community to start cooperating with the Palestinian government and to exert pressure on Israel to recognize the Palestinian state's right to exist." Whoa...wait, you, a pseudo-government of a non-sovereign territory that has as its stated goal the annihilation of Israel and meanwhile won't even acknowledge it should exist, you demand acknowledgment and support from Israel? Do you know see the irony in that statement? Or the hypocrisy?
Honestly, the election of Hamas into the government killed any legitimacy of the government in both my eyes and, I believe, in the eyes of Israel. It would be like Ireland voting in the IRA, the IRA stating that it still has the right to blow bombs up in Britain, and then demanding the UK treat them as if they were an acknowledged stat with legitimate goals and policies. You just don't do that!
And here Putin is hosting them, acting like some big diplomat. I think they're trying to play a game and come out on top as a big deal peace broker for the middle-east, not, I suppose, understanding the concepts of isolation and shunning. Honestly, the purpose of isolation was to show that there are limits. You cannot spew the sort of idiocy that Mashaal does and be recognized as a legitimate ruler. Except apparently in the Russian Federation. Because, this is the same country where the President dropped gubernatorial elections, and has managed to re-write election laws to exclude all but the so called "center-right" and "center-left" parties, which just happen to BOTH be yes-men groups for the Kremlin. These along with other political bizarrities (yes, I made up my own word) make the words of Mashaal look almost sane.
Then again, maybe it just shows itself to be foolish.
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