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You’re going to hear that a lot going forward.
Problem is, they do represent them. Palestinians elected Hamas year after year since Carter. On top of that, it took just one Palestinian to tip off Israel that thousands of rockets were being moved around and/or movement of Hamas at the border.
Jimmy Carter:
“On election day, Rosalynn and I visited 25 polling sites, in East Jerusalem and its outskirts, Hebron, Ramallah, and Jericho. It seemed obvious to us and other observers that the election was orderly and peaceful and that there was a clear preference for Hamas candidates even in historically strong Fatah communities. Even so, we were all surprised at the enormity of the Hamas victory.
They won such a clear majority of parliamentary seats (76 of 132 members) that the Fatah government immediately announced their resignation.”
Hamas plainly state their goal: to eradicate Israel in violent means. Their Palestinian voters understand this well. Hamas proceeded a year later, 2007, to murder all their opposition in Gaza, literally throw them off the rooftops, massacre Palestinians from opposition parties in the streets.
The writing was on the wall. In blood.
Problem is, they do represent them. Palestinians elected Hamas year after year since Carter. On top of that, it took just one Palestinian to tip off Israel that thousands of rockets were being moved around and/or movement of Hamas at the border.
Jimmy Carter:
“On election day, Rosalynn and I visited 25 polling sites, in East Jerusalem and its outskirts, Hebron, Ramallah, and Jericho. It seemed obvious to us and other observers that the election was orderly and peaceful and that there was a clear preference for Hamas candidates even in historically strong Fatah communities. Even so, we were all surprised at the enormity of the Hamas victory.
They won such a clear majority of parliamentary seats (76 of 132 members) that the Fatah government immediately announced their resignation.”
Hamas plainly state their goal: to eradicate Israel in violent means. Their Palestinian voters understand this well. Hamas proceeded a year later, 2007, to murder all their opposition in Gaza, literally throw them off the rooftops, massacre Palestinians from opposition parties in the streets.
The writing was on the wall. In blood.
Palestinian Elections: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
For the third time, The Carter Center agreed to monitor the elections in the West Bank and Gaza, beginning in January 1996, with the choice of Yasir Arafat as president and 88 members of the Palestinian Authority.
www.cartercenter.org