I think it's the height of racism to hear what a group is saying and not take them at their word. With that thought in mind, here are a few excerpts from the Hamas charter:
The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
"Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just
as it obliterated others before it" (The Martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, of blessed
memory)." Preamble.
"Initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences, are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement. " Article 13.
"There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors." Article 13.
"Under the wing of Islam, it is possible for the followers of the three religions -
Islam, Christianity and Judaism - to coexist in peace and quiet with each other.
Peace and quiet would not be possible except under the wing of Islam. Past and
present history are the best witness to that.
It is the duty of the followers of other religions to stop disputing the
sovereignty of Islam in this region, because the day these followers should take
over there will be nothing but carnage, displacement and terror." Article 31
"The Zionist plan is limitless. After Palestine, the Zionists aspire to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates. When they will have digested the region they overtook,
they will aspire to further expansion, and so on. Their plan is embodied in the
"Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and their present conduct is the best proof of
what we are saying." Article 32
Full Text:
http://www.acpr.org.il/resources/hamascharter.html
These are the words of Hamas. These are the words of the people who organize suicide bombers. These are the words who hide behind children while they fight(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040211/481/jrl12302112014) (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040211/ids_photos_wl/r1566466835.jpg), who deliberately target such high-value military targets as buses, schools, weddings, pizza parlors, religious celebrations, and private homes. It is futile to "negotiate" with such people. "What, you say you want to shoot me? Let's compromise. Why don't you just stab me instead? Does that work for you?"
Golda Meir once said that peace between Palestinians and Jews will only happen when the Palestinians love their children more than they hate the Jews. That was 50 years ago. How many more Palestinian children must die before their parents give up their hatred? And how many more Jewish children will they take with them?
J.