This would certainly solve everyone’s problem. No one wants to deal with a terrorist government? Voila! Hamas is not a terrorist group! Never mind all those murdered civilians. After all, we must play realpolitik…From AP, with thanks to Mackie:
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A senior Hamas official called on the United States Thursday to remove the militant Islamic group from Washington’s list of terrorist organizations and to open a dialogue without preconditions.
Moussa Abu Marzook, deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, told The Associated Press the U.S. should deal with Hamas “as it is, and later there could be a dialogue…but there should be no preconditions.”
“Hamas is not the only side that wants peace. …All the Palestinians want peace because they are the only people whose rights have been encroached upon and who have been expelled from their lands,” Abu Marzouk said.
Abu Marzouk described as “absolutely unacceptable” Israel’s call for Hamas to start an unconditional dialogue with the Jewish state, saying “Hamas…was chosen by the Palestinian people…this is democracy.”
Sure, they want peace. The peace that will ensue when the last Israeli has been driven out of the land, subjugated to dhimmi status, or killed.