New Posts For Thread: Unfortunately for Israel: Egyptians Want A Palestinian Statehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_Statewww.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article...The peace accords with Sadat and Israel promised a viable Palestinian State along with peace, unfortunately this under the autocrats has not been lived up to. An Egyptian democracy will review it's relationsThis is untrue - you need to read the Devil's Game by Robert Dreyfuss.If you are referring to the Muslim Brotherhood Organization, in the early beginnings then yes they were religious but they too were fundamentalist and banned by Egypt. Hamas has alhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520369225#520369225This is untrue - you need to read the Devil's Game by Robert Dreyfuss.If you are referring to the Muslim Brotherhood Organization, in the early beginnings then yes they were religious but they too were fundamentalist and banned by Egypt. Hamas has alSat, 02 Jun 2012 12:37:54 -0500Enjoy your summer, vra! No worries!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520337219#520337219Enjoy your summer, vra! No worries!Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:12:11 -0500More from those friends in Egypt, those peaceful souls, the Muslim brotherhood'Israel’s creation worst catastrophe to hit world'By OREN KESSLER06/01/2012 00:28Head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Badie reminds followers of movement’s &ldquohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520335323#520335323More from those friends in Egypt, those peaceful souls, the Muslim brotherhood'Israel’s creation worst catastrophe to hit world'By OREN KESSLER06/01/2012 00:28Head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Badie reminds followers of movement’s &ldquoFri, 01 Jun 2012 14:21:23 -0500Hamas did not start out as you said. They were certainly religious, but they were not dominated by the hard-core "Islamists" that eventually came to take control of the organization. The Israelis believed they could work with this group, thus satishttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520328313#520328313Hamas did not start out as you said. They were certainly religious, but they were not dominated by the hard-core "Islamists" that eventually came to take control of the organization. The Israelis believed they could work with this group, thus satisFri, 01 Jun 2012 10:59:47 -0500No it's not irrelevant. Simply saying other nations have done similar things is not a valid reason.I don't think Hamas would be as dominant as it would have been without it's initial support from Israel seen as Israel funded the Muslim Brotherhood prhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520305783#520305783No it's not irrelevant. Simply saying other nations have done similar things is not a valid reason.I don't think Hamas would be as dominant as it would have been without it's initial support from Israel seen as Israel funded the Muslim Brotherhood prThu, 31 May 2012 18:28:17 -0500Ksai, would you like to edit that, please? I'm not sure what you're actually asking.As far as HAMAS being 'supported by Israel' - since other nations have done very similar stupid things, it's entirely irrelevant IMO. Singling out Israel appears shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520304893#520304893Ksai, would you like to edit that, please? I'm not sure what you're actually asking.As far as HAMAS being 'supported by Israel' - since other nations have done very similar stupid things, it's entirely irrelevant IMO. Singling out Israel appears sThu, 31 May 2012 17:56:43 -0500And exactly whom should Israel negotiate with? Hamas? Hezbollah? How do you "negotiate" with groups that continue to insist that they are not going to negotiate or agree to anything less than complete domination? And if Israel negotiates with Abbhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520303675#520303675And exactly whom should Israel negotiate with? Hamas? Hezbollah? How do you "negotiate" with groups that continue to insist that they are not going to negotiate or agree to anything less than complete domination? And if Israel negotiates with AbbThu, 31 May 2012 17:18:45 -0500Having a strong Israel as a friend and ally in the Middle East is in our national interests. And being able to depend on Israel's military is less expensive than what it would cost us to provide the necessary forces ouselves. Also, Israel has nver onhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520247753#520247753Having a strong Israel as a friend and ally in the Middle East is in our national interests. And being able to depend on Israel's military is less expensive than what it would cost us to provide the necessary forces ouselves. Also, Israel has nver onWed, 30 May 2012 11:13:03 -0500And exactly whom should Israel negotiate with? Hamas? Hezbollah? How do you "negotiate" with groups that continue to insist that they are not going to negotiate or agree to anything less than complete domination? And if Israel negotiates with Abbhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520247571#520247571And exactly whom should Israel negotiate with? Hamas? Hezbollah? How do you "negotiate" with groups that continue to insist that they are not going to negotiate or agree to anything less than complete domination? And if Israel negotiates with AbbWed, 30 May 2012 11:08:36 -0500Having a strong Israel as a friend and ally in the Middle East is in our national interests. And being able to depend on Israel's military is less expensive than what it would cost us to provide the necessary forces ouselves. Also, Israel has nver onhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29127933/Unfortunately_for_Israel:_Egyptians_Want_A_Palestinian_State?post_id=520247031#520247031Having a strong Israel as a friend and ally in the Middle East is in our national interests. And being able to depend on Israel's military is less expensive than what it would cost us to provide the necessary forces ouselves. Also, Israel has nver onWed, 30 May 2012 10:56:46 -0500