Hamas Wants to Keep on Killin’
Charles Johnson
Wed May 25, 2005 at 6:15 pm PDT • Views: 138
Hamas “political leader” Khaled Mashaal went on Jihad TV today and told the Arab world that Hamas will not lay down their weapons “before the occupation leaves our land.”
One little problem: Hamas considers the entire nation of Israel to be occupied land.
Hamas’ political leader Khaled Mashaal said Wednesday that Hamas will not lay down its arms and renounce its fight against Israel until it withdraws “from occupied Palestinian lands.”
Mashaal told the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV station that Hamas’ decision in March to agree to a cease fire period with Israel was part of “a campaign of tactics and maneuvers in order to put the ball back in the Israeli and American court.” …
Mashaal, who is based in Damascus, Syria, said agreeing to the truce did not mean the group had given up its fight against Israel.
“Our position is clear. We are committed to resistance and will not consent to any dismantling of resistance groups and laying down arms before the occupation leaves our land. This is a constant position on which we will never bargain,” he said.
He said the decision to agree to a truce also stemmed from Hamas’ desire to give the Palestinian people a rest from the violence of the uprising, and to also “expose Sharon’s ruse aimed at sparking Palestinian infighting through the marketing of an illusion of peace after (Palestinian leader Yasser) Arafat’s death” late last year.
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