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Originally Posted by Undertoad
750 trucks per day into Gaza before Hamas was elected. All they have to do is say they want peace and they will become prosperous merely by location. Israel would love to be a partner in peace and prosperity.
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
That is not the official stance of the Israeli government. It is the official stance of Hamas, the current government of the Palestinian People. You can't continue to put radical beliefs and statements by minority extremists on the government as a whole.
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I said this many times before but no one listens. Politicians are liars. We acknowledge this in the United States but when an Iranian or Hamas leader lies to get public support, no one can accept it.
Though, I think this is an over simplistic view on the situation. There are many more forces than this.
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The Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, said on Saturday his government was willing to accept a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035414.html
Another source:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24235665/
Hell I'll just google it for you:
http://www.google.com/search?client=...=Google+Search
Now lets look at this from a logical standpoint. Hamas is dependent on the Palestinian population's support. We can greatly assume that both Israelis and Palestinians want peace on their terms. So, if a peace can be reached that the Palestinian population accepts, Hamas will be forced to accept as well. So technically, even if Hamas is lying about the 1967 borders, which could be possible, it won't matter if the vast majority of Palestinians accept a truce because they will kick Hamas out.
This is an over-simplistic view though. The situation is not as simple as "Both sides agree to peace and then it will magically happen".