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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hamas has already stated they would agree to a permanent peace treaty if a Palestinian state is established.

Ergo only israel is currently in the way of a two state solution.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Where exactly has it decided that? And I dont mean in some Interview by one Hamas leader. This is a decision that the actual commanding structure of Hamas (most likely, both the Politburo and the military leadership) has to take.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is, of course, possible that this has all been a PR operation by Hamas, and that it has been making the same calculation as the Zionist movement originally did — i.e., that it could accept a partition of Palestine and then later expand to take the whole thing.

Hamas has never participated in peace negotiations, has always refused the PLO positions raised during these negotiations and has multiple times stated in public that they want a truce (be it 10 or 30 years) as a temporary measure in the continued fight against the Zionist state.

I can search for the sources on this when I wake up tomorrow, heading to bed rn

[–] MacAnus 1 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Hamas again raises the possibility of a 2-state compromise. Israel and its allies aren’t convinced

In the latest iteration of its stance, senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya told The Associated Press in an interview on Wednesday the group would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip along the pre-1967-borders.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hamas has done these kind of statements for years, they explicitly never accept the Oslo Accords or a recognition of Israel. They dont offer peace, they offer truces. And again: that's an interview with one single person within Hamas. I can guarantee you that there are multiple senior people within Hamas who will disagree with this proposal - because that always happens. Hamas doesnt work like a top-down organization where the lower personnel silently accepts what the leadership decides.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"No they said they want peace but they really don't wanna! Also ignore israel refusing every peace deal and committing Genocide! And ignore when the Oslo Accords were about to be accepted and then an underling from Netanyahu assassinated the president of israel that was about to accept it! That was actuallly Hamas!"

Take a look over at the West Bank and it beecomes apparent without a single doubt which of the parties is the constant aggressor that refuses any peace.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're pretty good at ignoring my arguments and making up pseudo-arguments that I never made, I'll give you that.

People who think of this whole conflict as strictly two sides and nothing more will never understand why it has not been solved. You even allude to that yourself by pointing out the right-wing, Netanyahu-aligned murderer of Rabin. But don't follow through with that logic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

You're pretty good at ignoring reality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lol, calling it the "politburo" really reveals the particular type of brain rot you've got. Hamas are not a communist party, and they are not part of the Soviet union.

"But 'politburo' scary, even if I don't really have an idea of what it means. Some talking head on TV said it, and it sounded cool, so I'll repeat it online in order to sound knowledgeable".

Stick to words you know the meaning of maybe?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Have you ever taken a look at the structure of Hamas? Here, let me quote the most basic thing you could have read: the Wikipedia article.

the General Consultative Council (..) elects the 15-member Political Bureau (al-Maktab al-Siyasi) that makes decisions for Hamas.

"Politburo" is the german word for "political bureau". Simple as that. And has nothing to do with communism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How are you this dense and don't already have your own moon orbiting around you?

Yes, political and bureau are two English words, and if you had used them, they'd correspond to your quote from a wikipedia article. However, you used "politburo", which is the abbreviation used to denote the political bureaus of the communist parties within the Soviet sphere. You know, like compromising material being an English phrase, while the abbreviation "kompromat" is a Russian intelligence abbreviation from the Stalin era.

It's odd for someone getting their worldview through Wikipedia to not at least look for the wiki article for politburo. But in any case, I'd suggest not limiting yourself to the non existent nuance in Wikipedia and try to dig a little bit deeper in order to understand the words you're using to sound smart online.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Again: english is my second language, "Politbüro" is literally the German term for "political bureau". See random german newspaper article to confirm the use of the term "Hamas-Politbüro" in german: https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Hamas-Politbuero-spricht-sich-fuer-Ende-des-Krieges-aus-article24613499.html

Sorry for the confusion, it was simply a translation error I made. Because when formulating posts in english I might sometimes miss some proper English terms and use german ones by accident. Now please stop with the insinuations, I did not use that word to compare Hamas to communist parties or to "sound smart".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Ok. To be fair, it is actually the first time you're mentioning the German angle and English being your second language, so I had no way of knowing. Also, there are a lot of people online using these terms (politburo, kompromat and the like) in order to cast a subliminally negative light on the subjects being discussed, so I wasn't trying to be malicious, if perhaps a bit too defensive 😄 My apologies for insinuating that you have a hidden agenda.