/region/middle_east_north_africa/gazas-demilitarization-is-not-the-way-forward-75341/ Fact-based, well-reasoned perspectives from around the world Sat, 08 Nov 2014 17:52:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /region/middle_east_north_africa/gazas-demilitarization-is-not-the-way-forward-75341/#comment-30223 Sat, 08 Nov 2014 17:52:53 +0000 http://www.fairobserver.com/?p=46317#comment-30223 When Hamas accepts a two-state solution, when they change their charter (the one that calls for the destruction of Israel), when they recognize the existence of an Israeli state, perhaps then could be a valid peace partner. A necessary precondition for Hamas is that they actually want peaceful coexistence with Israel. The evidence of such a thing is just not there, militarized or de-militarized. Without arms, then Hamas terrorists will drive a car through a crowded transit stop. What then? Should Hamas be banned from cars?
The timing of the offensive last summer was dictated less by the new so-called unity government and more by the murders of three Israeli teenagers by Palestinian Arabs affiliated with Hamas.
As for the democratic process, Fatah and Hamas can hold elections at their choosing. Why haven’t they?

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