Islamic law stipulates that “if Muslims are weak, a truce may be made for ten years if necessary, for the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) made a truce with the Quraysh for that long, as is related by Abu Dawud” (‘Umdat as-Salik, o9.16).
Note that this can only be done if “Muslims are weak.” The same legal manual also quotes this verse of the Qur’an: “So do not be fainthearted and call for peace, when it is you who are the uppermost” (47:35). So Hamas would not want a truce at all if it believed that it was in a position of strength. “Interests that justify making a truce are such things as Muslim weakness because of lack of numbers or materiel, or the hope of an enemy becoming Muslim…” (‘Umdat as-Salik, o9.16).
The bottom line: Hamas is feeling the heat and wants a truce in order to regroup and emerge in a stronger position. But Western analysts do not know or care about what Islamic law says, and so Hamas feels free to issue demands even from its position of weakness, aware of how much pressure Israel is under from the Biden regime and others who desperately want it to allow Hamas to live and kill Israeli civilians on another day.
“Hamas seems to rule out key points of truce offer, wants release of Marwan Barghouti,” Times of Israel, February 2, 2024:
Hamas officials said Friday that the group is studying a proposed ceasefire deal that would include prolonged pauses in fighting in Gaza and swaps of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, but at the same time appeared to rule out some of its key components.
Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh held a phone call with Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziad Nakhaleh to discuss the deal, the Gaza-ruling terror group announced. According to a statement from Haniyeh’s office, the two agreed any deal with Israel for the release of hostages must be accompanied by a complete halt to the fighting, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, ending the blockade, reconstruction of the Strip and the freeing of Palestinian security prisoners.
Such steep demands would seem to be non-starters for Israel.
Meanwhile Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official in Beirut, also said the group remains committed to its initial demands for a permanent ceasefire that would end the war. Hamdan also said the group seeks the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners being held for acts related to the conflict with Israel, including those serving life sentences.
He mentioned two by name, including Marwan Barghouti, a popular Palestinian leader seen as a unifying figure. Barghouti was arrested by Israel in 2002 and is serving five life terms for planning three terror attacks that killed five Israelis during the Second Intifada….
Rod Dawson says
It is truly disturbing how these common criminals of the worst kind justify and legitimize their killing on the basis of the condemnations and exhortations of a mythical figure that ultimately finds it’s origin in nothing but the gibberish expounded (and later rendered in writing) by Muhammad whilst in the throws of some unwitnessed supposedly ‘heavenly revelation’. The Quran lacks both theoretical and doctrinal proof, as far as I’m aware. It seems to be a concoction of Islamic Law, ‘the way to live’, and a concoction of confusing, incohesive bits and pieces indicative of Muhammad’s intent and character.
It seems the Quran is hardly the proof of allah, but the proof of Muhammad’s gibberish. His subsequent behaviour of killing, raping . torturing and pedophilia hardly suggest a bestowing of exalted, sublime virtues from ‘without’. I don’t feel any heavenly intervention was realised.
My own feeling is that the foundation and source of Allah and the Quran is ultimately traced to this war-lord called Muhammad.
As such, wanton killing of volatile Muslims has no basis of any substance, They are just common criminals of the worst kind. The most violent no longer seem to perceive empathy and compassion, which seem to be driven into latency.
So many intelligent non- Muslims. refer to passages in the Quran which contradict the actions of violent adherents – and Muslims refer to those passages / quotes which praise their carnage.
Why is this sick, religiously fraudulent, myth based book even referred to I wonder. We are perhaps unknowingly giving this book some erroneous semblance of credibility and legitimacy when it is both myth based and deadly in intent.
My feeling is that non-Muslims should not even unwittingly dignify the acts of Muslims by even referring to this Quran. Just opening the first page, for me at least, dignifies this man-created, life-violating sham of a book. Islam, the Quran and Allah represent the biggest centuries entrenched sham, hoax, and fraud that spreads through giving death threats to anyone who opposes it. .It is a monstrous deception that allows one to sink to the depths of depravity in the name of a fictional being.
Pray Hard says
Furthermore, “mohammed” is probably nothing but a mythical construct, that is, he probably didn’t even exist.
Pray Hard says
So release him. Plant a tracker in him first, then let Mossad find and execute him in a couple of weeks.
Keith O says
Personally, I can see little to be wrong with that concept.
Perhaps use homing pig fat bomb programmed with the frequency of his tracker?
Rick Olsha says
We hope that does not happen AM ISRAEL CHAI !!!!!