'West will lose by helping Israel'

[Behind the Aegis]

Hamas official warns nations to stay out of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

A senior Hamas official warned Western nations on Friday not to allow Israeli agents to operate from within their territories.

During a sermon in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Zahar warned that the West stands to lose by helping Israel in taking the conflict abroad.

Zahar warned that Hamas would confront those nations that assist Israel.

The Hamas leader was apparently responding to certain reports according to which the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, which is widely believed to have been carried out by the Mossad, was coordinated with other Western nations.

Hamas claimed Friday that two ex-officers from the rival Fatah organization were involved in the killing of al-Mabhouh, and Fatah shot back by insinuating Hamas members were the ones who collaborated with the killers.

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. In the history of this conflict, every U.S. president, of either party,

Has become involved, has made some attempt to broker peace in this region, except for one: George W. Bush.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Do you also see the staggering amounts of hypocrisy, duplicity, and irony in the statements made?

[shira]

3. "W" was behind Annapolis, the Road Map, and worked with Sharon for the 2005 Gaza pullout

[LeftishBrit]

5. Though a card-carrying Bush-hater here, that's not quite true

Bush, or at least Condi, did go through some sort of attempts at a peace deal. They just didn't do a good job.

One person who really doesn't seem to have done much at all, despite its being his job as an envoy, is Blair.

[shergald]

6. With the Zionist quest to take the West Bank....

there was not really anything Bush-Condi could do. We are seeing the same scenario today, more openly. Netanyahu intends to continue the occupation and colonization, and the expansion of settlements until most of the West Bank belongs essentially to Israel.

This goal of attaining Eretz Israel has been evident since 1967, and followed by all political parties.

[shira]

4. Zahar is one pretty nasty warmongering antisemite

His targets include Jewish children worldwide...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5454204.ece