The War On Terror Takes A New Turn: Egypt And Bloggers
First, I'll deal with bloggers. An explosive retribution is ripping through the blogosphere on the heel s of cartoonists being chastised, persecuted, and admonished because of their potrayal of Muslims. For far too long, people have cowed to the Muslims. This isn't a supremicist idea; I'm not anti-Muslim the way anti-Semites are towards Jews. I think that it's time for the radical Islamicists around the world to deal with issues they can deal with--that is, deal with the coalition on your terms, but don't look down on us for the image that they protray. Michelle Malkin has an excellent round-up of sotries and links to this issue. Jen and LGF also have a round-up of links regarding this issue.
In OUR opinion, this behavior by Muslims is positively intolerable. Learn to accept a level of dissention from society as a whole until you clean up your house.
This is a turn on the war on terror carried by a grass-roots movement that can't be silenced. We'll brow-beat you down. Society, as a whole, deals with such dissent daily. I don't like the Left in this country, but I'm not declaring a jihad on them, or seeking their head. If the Muslims want to deal with society, then deal with us on our level. Don't incite society; you won't like the outcome.
Further, Capt. Ed picked up on this story.
Two top Egyptian officials called on Hamas to recognize Israel, disarm and honor past peace deals Wednesday, the latest sign Arab governments are pushing the militant group to moderate after its surprise election victory.
Separately, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official said that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has told Egyptian officials he would hold off on asking Hamas to form the next Palestinian government until Hamas renounces violence.
The Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, cited Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman as saying that Abbas had made the decision after a meeting with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Suleiman could not immediately be reached to verify the statement. But earlier, he told journalists in Cairo that Egypt intends to tell Hamas leaders that they must recognize Israel, disarm and honor past peace deals. Hamas won Palestinian parliamentary elections in a landslide last week.
Mubarak's spokesman, Suleiman Awaad, also called on Hamas to recognize peace deals with Israel. Former Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat "was able to change his position. There is nothing that prevents smart leaders from changing their positions to behave accordingly," Awaad said.
Hamas is under growing international pressure to renounce its violent ideology and recognize Israel's right to exist as a condition for receiving millions of dollars in foreign aid — the lifeline of the Palestinian economy. Western powers have said they will not fund a Hamas-led Palestinian government otherwise.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the group was still trying to determine whether Abbas had indeed posed such conditions. "President Abbas said on different occasions that he respects the result of these elections, and all the developments that followed the elections," he said.
And in Damascus, a senior Hamas official said the group would not change its policies toward Israel. "These conditions could not be accepted and the U.S. president should accept reality and facts ... He should deal with Hamas as it is," said Moussa Abu Marzouk, the deputy head of Hamas' political bureau.
The Hamas statement from Damascus came before the Egyptian officials' comments were made public.
In Cairo, Suleiman cautioned that it may take time to try to change the militant group's positions and may not work.
"Nobody will talk to them before they stop violence, recognize Israel and accept (peace) agreements," Suleiman said.
"These are radical people. But we have to try to convince them to change their position. It's still difficult to make them change 180 degrees ... This might take six months or more. We will try."
Yes. Let's hope Hamas does "try" to reconcile with Israel. The alternative isn't pretty. It involves war, and Hamas and the Palestinians are destined to lose that war. And it doesn't matter what sort of support Hamas received--even from Iran. Their problems will only grow with such an alliance, especially on Israel's preparation for removing the teeth from that beast in the near future.
Publius II
First, I'll deal with bloggers. An explosive retribution is ripping through the blogosphere on the heel s of cartoonists being chastised, persecuted, and admonished because of their potrayal of Muslims. For far too long, people have cowed to the Muslims. This isn't a supremicist idea; I'm not anti-Muslim the way anti-Semites are towards Jews. I think that it's time for the radical Islamicists around the world to deal with issues they can deal with--that is, deal with the coalition on your terms, but don't look down on us for the image that they protray. Michelle Malkin has an excellent round-up of sotries and links to this issue. Jen and LGF also have a round-up of links regarding this issue.
In OUR opinion, this behavior by Muslims is positively intolerable. Learn to accept a level of dissention from society as a whole until you clean up your house.
This is a turn on the war on terror carried by a grass-roots movement that can't be silenced. We'll brow-beat you down. Society, as a whole, deals with such dissent daily. I don't like the Left in this country, but I'm not declaring a jihad on them, or seeking their head. If the Muslims want to deal with society, then deal with us on our level. Don't incite society; you won't like the outcome.
Further, Capt. Ed picked up on this story.
Two top Egyptian officials called on Hamas to recognize Israel, disarm and honor past peace deals Wednesday, the latest sign Arab governments are pushing the militant group to moderate after its surprise election victory.
Separately, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official said that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has told Egyptian officials he would hold off on asking Hamas to form the next Palestinian government until Hamas renounces violence.
The Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, cited Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman as saying that Abbas had made the decision after a meeting with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Suleiman could not immediately be reached to verify the statement. But earlier, he told journalists in Cairo that Egypt intends to tell Hamas leaders that they must recognize Israel, disarm and honor past peace deals. Hamas won Palestinian parliamentary elections in a landslide last week.
Mubarak's spokesman, Suleiman Awaad, also called on Hamas to recognize peace deals with Israel. Former Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat "was able to change his position. There is nothing that prevents smart leaders from changing their positions to behave accordingly," Awaad said.
Hamas is under growing international pressure to renounce its violent ideology and recognize Israel's right to exist as a condition for receiving millions of dollars in foreign aid — the lifeline of the Palestinian economy. Western powers have said they will not fund a Hamas-led Palestinian government otherwise.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the group was still trying to determine whether Abbas had indeed posed such conditions. "President Abbas said on different occasions that he respects the result of these elections, and all the developments that followed the elections," he said.
And in Damascus, a senior Hamas official said the group would not change its policies toward Israel. "These conditions could not be accepted and the U.S. president should accept reality and facts ... He should deal with Hamas as it is," said Moussa Abu Marzouk, the deputy head of Hamas' political bureau.
The Hamas statement from Damascus came before the Egyptian officials' comments were made public.
In Cairo, Suleiman cautioned that it may take time to try to change the militant group's positions and may not work.
"Nobody will talk to them before they stop violence, recognize Israel and accept (peace) agreements," Suleiman said.
"These are radical people. But we have to try to convince them to change their position. It's still difficult to make them change 180 degrees ... This might take six months or more. We will try."
Yes. Let's hope Hamas does "try" to reconcile with Israel. The alternative isn't pretty. It involves war, and Hamas and the Palestinians are destined to lose that war. And it doesn't matter what sort of support Hamas received--even from Iran. Their problems will only grow with such an alliance, especially on Israel's preparation for removing the teeth from that beast in the near future.
Publius II
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