Reply #25: I've never been an apologist for Hamas [View All]

And I don't think all U.S. Muslims have taken a pro-Hamas stand, or even a "Hamas can never be criticized" stand.

That's a dirty trick using that analogy.

It would be much better for Hamas to be gone, but its existence doesn't justify Israeli policy in the West Bank.

The truth is, the hard line ISN'T making Israel safer and it isn't making the Jewish people safer in Israel or in other countries. Arguably, the hard line when applied against Arafat for most of his career, even when he was trying to make peace in the later years, has a lot to do with the rise of Hamas.

There is nothing any Palestinian ever did that justifies voting for Yisrael Betenyu. It's program is nothing but hatred and death. It is comparable to Hamas, and it would be better if both were gone.

All the supporters of Yisrael Betenyu want is to see a lot more dead Palestinians. They have no positive case for voting for a party of transfer.