Yesterday, Hamas made a fool of Jimmy Carter yet again.
Carter said he urged Hamas to support efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding, “They have made statements and taken actions that suggest they are ready to join the peace process.”
Haniyeh told Carter he would support any plan that aimed to fulfill the aspirations of the Palestinians, preserve their rights and lead to the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state on all the territories that were occupied by Israel in 1967.
Evidently, Hamas thought it about for hours before giving Carter his answer: They’ll never recognize Israel, and they refuse to renounce violence and accept past agreements. Call it the Three No’s of Hamas.
But Youssef said Hamas turned down Carter’s policy requests.
“The visit has not led to a significant change. Hamas finds the conditions unacceptable,” he said. “Recognizing Israel is completely unacceptable.”
According to Hamas ideology, there is no room for a Jewish state in an Islamic Middle East. The militant group has sent dozens of suicide bombers into Israel, killing hundreds.
Say, you think that the same pundits who are insisting that Netanyahu’s refusal to stop natural growth settlements is the obstacle to peace might somehow notice that Hamas has absolutely no intention of recognizing Israel or stopping terrorism? You know, as in, Palestinian rejectionism is the real obstacle to peace?
Of course not. Because here are the next two paragraphs in the AP article:
Even so, some Hamas officials have indicated they could support creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, implying a form of tacit acceptance of Israel.
Youssef said the other two international conditions – renouncing violence and accepting past agreements between Israel and the Palestinians – are irrelevant. He said Israel broke a cease-fire, killing many Palestinians, and the state outlined in the partial peace accords “would have no substance, no borders and nothing that a real state is.”
Do you see the cognitive dissonance in this? Because obviously, the writer and editor can’t. There is no such thing as a “tacit” recognition of Israel when Hamas refuses to renounce “violence” (of course they can’t call it terrorism) and accept previous agreements with Israel. But hey, don’t let reality interfere with the anti-Israel media narrative.