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I wonder if Osama bin Laden became a prime minister of Afghanistan & al-Quida became the ruling party. Would you like to open negotiations? Heck let us say it was Iraq? Here it is even worse, since it is your neighbor.
Israel right now transfers to them about 40 million a month of monthly revenue which is used to pay for the 130,000+ government workers. Now if you were Israel, could you transfer over the money to a government where the head of it, literally 4 days ago, called for the destruction of your nation? Personally I think I would pass on that opportunity.
The U.S last year gave $400 million last year in direct aid, according to Walles (US Consul general).
As far as what Hamas stands for Mahmoud Zahar, an incoming Hamas member (who won a parliament seat), said “the organization had no immediate plans to change its policy to recognize Israel or to restart peace efforts.”
In Syria another Hamas leader promised to continue resistance against Israel occupation. Also he emphasized the group would not recognize the Jewish State.
Yep just elected, their foreign policy is being spoken loud and clear. I do not care if they gain office and do a 180 in statement, it will take deeds in my book to prove a change in policy for them!
The question is, due to foreign pressure, for economic needs of the nation to survive if those factors may make them change. But is that a real change, if someone claims I am changing since otherwise we will have no economy. How can Israel or any country accept them at their word, when we are literally putting them into a corner.
On a side note there is literally internal fighting now in Palestine, over the elections between the Fatah movement and Hamas supporters.
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