Reply #53: I'm asking you simply to give me an example of Hamas' [View All]

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violence on other Palestinians that does not involved a collaborator.

If it's so rampant, it should be easy for you to come up with one.

I know (from my own family's experience) that Hamas has misused power. But I'm asking for an example of Hamas' violence toward other Palestinians.

I am simply trying to answer the question you pose.

More than anything, I would like to see the rule of law established and carried out by a unity government that is committed to a new peace process. Frankly, I think that is the very LAST thing the gov't of Israel wishes to see. You know that I firmly doubt that the gov't of Israel has any interest whatsover in reaching a peace accord with the people of Palestine. The evidence is overwhelming that this is simply not the case.

I believe it's hard to judge Hamas as a ruling body given the conditions they have had to rule under. Extreme deprivation, hunger, joblessness, hopelessness. I think in those conditions, that there hasn't been total anarchy and chaos is pretty amazing. Has Hamas abused their power? I think that is surely the case in some instances.

More than anything, I would have liked the world to give Hamas a fait shot at governing so that they could have been judged according to the performance and, if found lacking, voted out.

However, if you're going to point fingers about political violence between factions, that finger must be pointed equally at Fatah, which is every bit as brutal -- if not more so -- in dealing with its enemies.