If there is any truth to this at all, Hamas is not doing this because deep down, they really, really want a Palestinian state living side-by-side in peace with Israel. It is solely that Hamas is trying to get Islamic Jihad to stop because the clueless dhimmis are giving them Israel on a platter as it is, so why complicate matters?
"'Hamas talking to Islamic Jihad in effort to halt rockets,'" from the Jerusalem Post, August 21:
Hamas has been holding talks with the Islamic Jihad over the weekend in an effort to convince the terror organization to stop firing rockets into Israel and resume the de facto truce that has been in place for two years, Egyptian daily Al-Ahram reported on Sunday.According to the report, Hamas leaders from Damascus told Egyptian officials that the group is not interested in an escalation with Israel at the moment, saying it does not believe it is in the interest of the Palestinians.
Hamas, in talks with Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, said that it wanted the crossings with Israel re-opened so that goods and commodities could enter Gaza during Ramadan, Al-Ahram said.
Hamas's armed wing, the Izzadin al-Kassam Brigades, the report added, was not participating in the rocket fire that saw over 80 projectiles fired into Israel from the Strip over the weekend.
Speaking with Israel Radio Sunday morning, an IDF spokesman said that while Hamas was not itself firing rockets, the IDF holds it responsible for all activity taking place in and emanating from the Gaza Strip.
They fired 80 rockets from that tiny little stretch of land and Hamas is IN TALKS to eventually get them to stop?
Didn't this exact same thing happen a short while ago? Hamas blamed rocket attacks on Islamic Jihad and instead of coming down on them like a bag of hammers like they do when people play music in public, they claimed to be in talks with them to get them to stop?
Well, if Hamas actually expected their neighbors to stupid themselves and open up the border for ramadan, one of the murdery-est months of the year (day 20/113 attacks/485 murder victims so far), it ain't gonna happen now.
Even if Hamas is being honest about having peacefull intentions (they ain't) - if that crossing opens while they are incapable of controlling Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad will stream thru into Israel and kill everyone they come across.
They will just have to content themselves with the 100,000 tons of goods Israel delivers to Gaza every month.
Maybe the poor dears can get those car smugglers to add some Zamzam dates to their next shipment of $100k BMWs.
They're really lucky I'm not in charge, I don't have much patience.