Hamas chief: Shalit video deal a 'triumph' of armed struggle

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Hamas Gaza chief Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday that a deal exchanging Palestinian prisoners for a videotape of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was a 'triumph' of the armed resistance against Israel.

Speaking in front of an assembled Gaza crowd, the Hamas strongmen congratulated the families of the female prisoners released earlier Friday, saying Hamas would not rest until all the Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel would be released.

"This is a day of great hope. We welcome our incarcerated sisters on this blessed day in a deal between the Israeli enemy and the victorious Hamas battalions," Haniyeh said.

"This is an amazing accomplishment to the Palestinians who captured Shalit," he added, saying it was "a great triumph to the resistance."

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1118439.html

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1. Resistance has gotten the Palestinians nothing but greater misery

Too bad Mr. Haniyeh tries to pump up resistance as something positive, when it has brought so much misery to the people he is supposedly trying to protect.