Jeremiah
Fledgling Freddie
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I don't think negotiation is going to work.
On one side of the table there is Israel, which wants to protect its population (which contains both Palestinian and Jew), its borders and over all its independence. I've seen nothing to suggest it wants to annex the Gaza strip.
On the side you have a government who is determined to destroy Israel and claim the land as their own.
What is there to negotiate? Israel to stay on their side of the border as long Hamas stop firing? I think we know how that works out. Tit-for-tat skirmishes aside, I don't have any confidence at all that Hamas are capable of respecting Israel's right to existence.
There's no point arguing "Well, Hamas do x only because Israel do Y", because Hamas' starting point will always be "Israel should not exist".
On one side of the table there is Israel, which wants to protect its population (which contains both Palestinian and Jew), its borders and over all its independence. I've seen nothing to suggest it wants to annex the Gaza strip.
On the side you have a government who is determined to destroy Israel and claim the land as their own.
What is there to negotiate? Israel to stay on their side of the border as long Hamas stop firing? I think we know how that works out. Tit-for-tat skirmishes aside, I don't have any confidence at all that Hamas are capable of respecting Israel's right to existence.
There's no point arguing "Well, Hamas do x only because Israel do Y", because Hamas' starting point will always be "Israel should not exist".