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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Do you honestly believe that Hamas would stop aggression against Israel - rockets and tunnels - if Israel dropped the blockade? On what basis other than hope?[/quote]

This sentence presupposes that Hamas cannot abide by an agreement, or that they are some sort of irrational actor.  What is *your* basis for that?[/quote]

1. Having a charter that lists the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews as their primary goal.
2. Starting a war that they cannot win and knowingly puts their own civilians in danger
3. The fact that Hamas continued to shoot rockets and dig tunnels after the last 2 ceasefires.[/quote]

Hamas does not have a charter that lists the murder of Jews as a primary goal. This sort of hyperbole -- regardless of which side of the debate uses it -- does nothing to advance the conversation. As I have said previously, the Hamas charter proposes border of a future state that exactly match those proposed by the Likud Party's charter. Likud is currently Israel's ruling party. Charter amendment should be addressed consistently.

Hamas didn't agree to the Egyptian ceasefire and it is not known who violated the shorter ceasefires. [/quote]

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