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Palestinians' Latest Scam: Hamas Can Become
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Posted By: 4250Luis, 7/17/2025 9:15:42 AM

Abbas cannot have forgotten the atrocities Hamas committed against his men during the 2007 coup. Some of his loyalists were dragged to the streets and lynched, while others were thrown from the high floors of tall buildings. In addition to the 2007 coup, Hamas, a few years later, was caught planning a second coup to try to take over the West Bank as well as the Gaza Strip. The calls for Hamas to "join political action" actually aim to legitimize the terror group and present its leaders as a bunch of politicians seeking seats in parliament and jobs in government,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: kono 7/17/2025 9:40:01 AM (No. 1978638)
Latest twist? ?? Already tried that; it's how we got HERE.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 7/17/2025 9:53:10 AM (No. 1978647)
Swaziland. The only way.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 7/17/2025 10:16:42 AM (No. 1978666)
Kill ALL Hamas. No prisoners. Don't buy their lies.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: seamusm 7/17/2025 10:19:14 AM (No. 1978667)
Hamas became ascendant in Gaza by wholesale slaughter of their PLO opponents. They like their Iranian puppet-masters are hard-core Islamists and any idea that either Iran or Hamas could be contained or 'softened' against violence is as stupid as the President Bush who call theirs a 'religion of peace'. Do not EVER forget that Islam believes it is acceptable to lie (Taqiyyah). They can never be trusted.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: franco 7/17/2025 10:37:11 AM (No. 1978677)
A recent poll of Palestinians (in both Gaza and the West Bank) found that 75% of them still support Hamas and want them to lead the Palestinian state in a "two-state" solution. News flash for Palestinians: When the foundational principle of your imagined state is to perpetrate genocide against your neighbor, you're not likely to see that bit of imagination come to fruition. I feel terribly sad for the 25% of Palestinians who have no use for Hamas, but as long as they are out-numbered 3 to 1, there will never be a "two-state" solution.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: kono 7/17/2025 11:43:47 AM (No. 1978715)
Recall how after Israel left Gaza for the Palestinians, the latter chose Hamas over others to lead them, showing the world and proclaiming their legitimacy, because "we're elected, just like other nations". Okay, you did an act of war and will be destroyed, just like other nations who do what you did.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: JunkYardDog 7/17/2025 11:45:14 AM (No. 1978717)
Hamas a political party? HA! Cue the pig-with-lipstick meme. F
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Venturer 7/17/2025 11:51:09 AM (No. 1978727)
Why can't Hamas be called a political party, that's what the DemoRats call themselves and both are working to destroy Jews and America.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: MickTurn 7/17/2025 1:04:08 PM (No. 1978770)
Great, more targets, GO FOR IT!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Ashley Brenton 7/17/2025 4:13:44 PM (No. 1978861)
But Hamas was elected as the government of Gaza in 2006, I believe.
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