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[quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Hamas wants to kill the Jews.  Netanyahu does not want to kill all the Muslims.  [/quote]

Really?  This is your defense for the loss of life and property that Israel has brought on innocent civilians?  This is your explanation?  Here is the only thing that matters: what Hamas DOES and what Israel DOES.  Both are heinous, as evidenced by their actions.[/quote]

No.  He asked the difference.  That was my answer.  I didn't say I agree with Israel.  I don't.  I also don't agree with what Hamas is doing.  [b]However, Hamas wants to kill jews[/b].  Netanyahu does not want to kill all the muslims.  He is killing innocent people which is horrific and that I do not agree with.    However, he is doing it to try to gain control of the land.  Not to kill all muslims.  [/quote]

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PP, Are you a member of Hamas?

[b]KHALED MASHAL, CHIEF OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU, HAMAS : We are not fanatics. We are not fundamentalists. We do not actually fight the Jews because they are Jews, per se. We do not fight any other races. We fight the occupiers. On the contrary, we actually respect the religious people. We ask for tolerance, for coexistence between the Buddhists, the Jews, the Christians, or the Muslims. As God created us as nations, we are different. And the Quran says that, in order for the nations to live together and coexist together without occupation and without any blockade.[/b]

CHARLIE ROSE, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I think I just heard you say--and we'll close on this--you believe in the coexistence of peoples, and therefore you believe in the coexistence of Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East.
MASHAL: I can't coexist with occupation.
ROSE: Without occupation you can coexist.
MASHAL: I am ready to coexist with which the Jews, with the Christians, and with the Arabs and non-Arabs, and with those who agree with my ideas and those who disagree with them. However, I do not coexist with the occupiers, with the settlers, and those who took siege of us.
ROSE: It's one thing to say you want to coexist with the Jews. It's another thing, you want to coexist with the state of Israel. Do you want to coexist with the state of Israel? Do you want to recognize Israel as a Jewish state?
MASHAL: No, I said I do not want to live with a state of occupiers. I do coexist with other [crosstalk]
ROSE: I'm assuming they're no longer occupiers. At that point do you want to coexist and recognize their right to exist as they would recognize your right to exist?
MASHAL: When we have a Palestinian state, then the Palestinian state will decide on its policies. But you cannot actually ask me about the future. I answered you. But Palestinian people can have their say when they have their own state without occupation. In natural situations, they can decide policies vis-à-vis others.[/quote]

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