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Originally Posted by Plechazunga
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?
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One way would be forming an Al-Kadima party, win the next general election by convincing the Palestinian people that they'd be better off settling for a two-state solution than waiting to see what happens after the nuclear fallout is cleared.
A relevant "fact on the ground" is that when Israel withdraws from territories the settlements are dismantles, and a couple of dozen new homes isn't going to change this.