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In reply to the discussion: Bill Clinton: 'I killed myself to give the Palestinians a state' [View all]wyldwolf
(43,873 posts)Hamas doesn't want peace. They want the total eradication of Israel. Anyone defending Hamas is a party to that. If you're a progressive who will condemn neo-nazis one day but sympathize with Hamas the next, you're no better than they are.
Bill Clinton: "I killed myself trying to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down. It would have given them all of Gaza, between 96 and 97% of the West Bank, compensating land in Israel... we had all the Muslim countries willing to normalize relations with Israel if they'd recognize the Palestinian state..."
Hamas and the Palestinians torpedoed it.
"And Hamas is really smart. When they decide to rocket Israel, they insinuate themselves in the hospitals, in the schools, in the highly populous areas, and they are smart. They said they try to put the Israelis in a position of either not defending themselves or killing innocents. Theyre good at it. Theyre smart. Theyve been doing this a long time.