Quote Originally Posted by Staurm
Right, now I see. So America and Isreal favour the rather more dictatorial position of Abbas to the democractic majority of Hamas?
Abbas...the Fatah party, is willing to negotiate with Israel about issues. Hamas has the directive of kicking Israel out to the sea and taking over the land........NO negotiations, just death.

Have a good one!:s4:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Hamas Hamas was created in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin of the Gaza wing of the Muslim Brotherhood at the beginning of the First Intifada. Best known outside the Palestinian territories for its suicide bombings and other attacks directed against civilians and Israeli military and security forces targets. Hamas' charter (written in 1988 and still in effect) calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian Islamic state in the area that is now Israel, the West Rating: 5