Iranian election

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Interesting that you claim such certainty in knowing the motivations and goals of the people involved while also claiming know knowledge of the history involved. 60 years is hardly a blip in the thousands of years of conflict in the region, so what happened then most certainly remains relevant. and his hardly just history. And the fact that you mention Iran in this discussion really shows a lack of understanding as Iranians are NOT Palestinians, they aren't even Arabs. They may nominally play the role of ally against a common enemy, but Ahmedinijad's lunacy has little to no connection to whether a 2 state solution is a viable option or not.

Hmmm...Iran is state sponsor of terrorism. They sponsor Hamas. Hamas is quite widely involved with the Palestinians and the entire conflict. I didn't think that really needed to be spelled out in discussing Iran and the Palestinians, but apparently it did.

I don't need any sort of magic insight into what Hamas wants to do. It's in their charter. So that's not too hard to figure out either. I don't need any terrific insight into Ahmahdenijad. He has said he wants to obliterate Israel.

So Ahmahdinejad feeding weapons and support to Hamas, and Hamas playing a large roll in the leadership of the Palestinians, and Iran saying it wants Israels destroyed, and Hamas having sworn to kill Jews....Yeah, I'd say they are pretty well linked and it matters a whole hell of a lot to the leadership (and people) in Israel.

Let's do this - let's have Hamas take that out of their charter, and let's have Ahmahdenijad say he doesn't want to destroy Israel as a starting point. I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.