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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
the inescapable fact remains that in an open vote by the palestinian population a political party founded with the objective of wiping out its neighboring country won 76 of the 132 parliamentary seats. |
Peaeful people can see violence as a means to an ends (though I STRONGLY disagree with that in any case). Hamas co-founder Mahmoud Zahar said, "The Israelis are continuing their aggression against our people, killing, detention, demolition and in order to stop these processes, we run effective self defence by all means, including using guns." Palestininas are occupied by Israelis (at least that's the way they see it). They are fighting for their freedom and safety, just as the Israelis say of their side.