| Support for Hamas fuelled by martyrdom VoorArgument1 #8866 Support for Hamas is fuelled by an ideology of resistance and martyrdom—and the young people of the Gaza Strip will more filled with hate, and more determined to fight back, with stones or suicide vests or rockets. |
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- CitatenVoeg citaat toeList by: CiterankMapLink[1] The true story behind this war is not the one Israel is telling
Citerend uit: Johann Hari
Publication info: 29 December 2009
Geciteerd door: David Price 8:51 PM 29 December 2008 GMT
Citerank: (2) 8882Fails to address the underlying problemIsraeli leaders have convinced themselves that the harder you beat the Palestinians, the softer they will become. But when this is over, the rage against Israelis will have hardened, and the same old compromises will still be waiting by the roadside of history, untended and unmade.1198CE71, 8884Hamas offered a ceasefire just prior to the Israeli attackYuval Diskin, head of Shin Bet, told the Israeli cabinet on 23 December that Hamas was interested in continuing the truce in return for an end to the blockade of Gaza, and an Israeli ceasefire on the West Bank.13EF597B
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| Fragment- The world isn't just watching the Israeli government commit a crime in Gaza; we are watching it self-harm. This morning, and tomorrow morning, and every morning until this punishment beating ends, the young people of the Gaza Strip are going to be more filled with hate, and more determined to fight back, with stones or suicide vests or rockets. Israeli leaders have convinced themselves that the harder you beat the Palestinians, the softer they will become. But when this is over, the rage against Israelis will have hardened, and the same old compromises will still be waiting by the roadside of history, untended and unmade. |