Posted by
arandomguy on Friday, December 08, 2006 3:17:02 PM
Palestine's prime minister, speaking in an Iranian mosque today, said that his Hamas-led government will never recognize the state of Israel.
"We will never recognize the usurper Zionist government and will continue our jihad-like movement until the liberation of Jerusalem," he said.
This is, of course not surprising to anybody. Hamas has been working for a very long time to destroy Israel, and to assume they would suddenly stop now that a "unity government" has been worked out, is to be naive.
"The world arrogance and Zionists ... want us to recognize the usurpation of the Palestinian lands and stop jihad and resistance and accept the agreements reached with the Zionist enemies in the past," the Prime Minister said.
This "sermon," of course is being delivered in Iran, which is the primary backer of Hamas. During their wars with Israel, Iran gives Hamas a constant stream of funds, since the western nations are denying Palestine all funds until they recognize Israel. Accordingly, Iran is also likely to pledge more money to Hamas during this visit - up to 30 million a month.
President Abbas said that if Hamas wants to be part of a "unity" government, they must abide by all PLO treaties, which includes the recognition of the State of Israel. Until they do, Abbas said, it will be impossible to form a functional government.
Yet to me, Fatah isn't any better. Worse even. Hamas makes their goals clear. They want to annihilate Israel. They speak about it in public all the time, so its no surprise. Fatah on the other hand, keeps their Israel agenda largely a secret, but they are by no means silent. They would like to see Israel annihilated too - they are just willing to wait longer to do it. They are also able to convince some gullible people that they are the more "moderate" wing of the government - a reality that is contrived, like much else in the Palestinan Government.
"They (Israelis) assume the Palestinian nation is alone. This is an illusion," Haniyeh said. "We have a strategic depth in the Islamic Republic of Iran."
What more proof they are a danger then that do we need?