Once again, the Pollyannas who actually believed that Hamas was going to transform themselves from a terrorist group to a political party and give up the use of terrorism have been proven wrong. Let’s see them try to spin this.
The leader of Hamas said Wednesday that his Palestinian militant group will not renew a truce with Israel when it expires at the end of the year and accused the Jewish state of violating the agreement that has greatly reduced violence.
Khaled Mashaal, whose group has carried out dozens of deadly suicide attacks on Israelis over the years, also restated Hamas’ rejection of U.S. and Israeli demands to disarm.
“All circumstances on the ground, the regional political atmosphere and the Palestinian situation are not encouraging to renew the truce,” Mashaal told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “Hamas is not going to renew the truce because Israel did not abide by the conditions of the truce.”
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“The resistance must go hand in hand with political work,” he said. “It is not accepted to pressure the resistance to choose between resistance and politics.”
Asked if Hamas would accept a peace accord creating an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, Mashaal said the group “will never abandon any Palestinian right and will not recognize the legitimacy of occupation whatsoever.”
In other words, Israel has no right to exist, and Hamas will not stop murdering Israelis until the Arabs control all of Israel. Of course, all of this proves how futile Sharon’s plan of unilaterally creating the borders for a “Palestinian” state really are. The Arabs will not accept those borders, and the terrorism will continue.
