16 January 2009

Mashaal sticks gun in own mouth...

...threatens to pull trigger...
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal rejected Israel's conditions for a Gaza cease-fire and demanded an immediate opening of the territory's borders, taking a tough line Friday as he asked Arab countries to back him by cutting off any ties with Israel.

The stance undermines a cease-fire proposal that Egypt is trying to mediate.
Now, there's a constructive strategy. But really... how can anybody negotiate with anyone so obviously disconnected from reality.
Mashaal set down Hamas's view of the conflict, trying to fend off suggestions from Egypt and Saudi Arabia that its rocket attacks were to blame for sparking the Israeli assault.
Live and don't learn... that's HAMAS.

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