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Originally Posted by holyland red
We've already discussed[/url] Hamas' ability to enforce ceasefire on other factions. Rocket fire on Sderot comes mostly from the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern tip of the GS, which Hamas could easily control. However, as previously practiced by Arafat, the Palestinians keep using the same old tactic of "not being able" to control all factions. First the extremists were Hamas themselves, and guess what...Hamas are today's moderates...being the you-have-no-right-to-exist moderates who can't reign the extremists.
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The problem is, if you are a moderate within Hamas - or let's say so as not to get bogged down in terminology, if you are someone in Hamas who wants a negotiated two-state solution... what are you supposed to do, when the Israelis won't come to the table unless one of the central disputes - recognition - has already been conceded before negotiations begin?
And when as long as they don't come to the table, the only fact on the ground that is changing is the continual increase in settlement-building?