Annan Wants Israel to Halt Attacks

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Fri Mar 29,10:50 PM ET
By GERALD NADLER, Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said during an emergency Security Council meeting Friday that Israel should stop its assault on Yasser Arafat's headquarters because destroying it will not bring peace.

No, but it may keep some Israelis alive, Kofi.

 

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I am more concerned about Americans than Israelis.

Tonight, I was watching a movie that had the twin towers in it. It was so nice to see them in one piece even if it was just a movie.

The only way there is going to be peace in Israel is if the people (all the people) get their fill of war.

 

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The only way to have peace is to have unconditional victory. The winner gets the spoils & writes history & the loser licks their wounds & shuts up.

 

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Even the NY Times is catching up:

Sammy Abu Samhadanah, a Fatah commander here, said Hamas was carrying out attacks "because they did not want a peace agreement.

The goals of Hamas are straightforward. As Sheik Yassin put it, "our equation does not focus on a cease-fire; our equation focuses on an end to the occupation." By that he means an end to the Jewish occupation of historical Palestine.

Hamas wants Israeli withdrawal from all of the West Bank and Gaza, the dismantling of all Israeli settlements and full right of return for the four million Palestinians who live in other states. After that, the Jews could remain, living "in an Islamic state with Islamic law," Dr. Zahar said. "From our ideological point of view, it is not allowed to recognize that Israel controls one square meter of historic Palestine."

whole story- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/04/international/middleeast/04HAMA.html