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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Israel would love nothing more and that was the intention when the unilaterally withdrew in 2005. But given that Israel can't trust Hamas,  how do you propose we enforce that? [/quote]

Maybe they should have thought about that when they attacked Fatah.[/quote]

I imagine history will consider the attempt to drive a wedge between Fatah and Hamas as Bibi's big blunder. Hoist in his own petard, I think.

Here are some words from Avi Shlaim, professor emeritus of international relations at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, and author of Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations:

"The occupation, the relentless expansion of illegal settlements, the construction of the monstrous "security barrier" on the West Bank, the demolition of Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem, the flagrant violations of international law, the systematic abuse of Palestinian human rights and the rampant racism – all are slowly but surely turning Israel into an international pariah. No sane Israeli relishes the prospect of living in a pariah state that maintains an apartheid regime. But few Israelis are ready for a truly honest historical reckoning with the people they have wronged and oppressed and whose land they continue to colonise. To blame the victims for their own misfortunes, as the people in power habitually do, is both disingenuous and despicable. This is no way for any nation to behave, especially one with such an acute historical memory of the bitter taste of victimhood."

May 14, 2014
The Guardian

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