Hamas Turns Back 37 Gaza War Orphans From a Bridge-Building Trip to Israel

[Foggy_Bottom]

Thirty-seven young war orphans from Gaza set out on Sunday for a rare visit to Israel. They got as far as the Erez border crossing at the northern end of the Palestinian coastal enclave. There the Hamas authorities turned them back, barring the visit at the last minute.

Israeli officials and organizers of the highly unusual weeklong peace-building visit said that it had been fully coordinated with the Israeli liaison authorities and that Israeli approval had been given. But Hamas, the Islamic militant group that dominates Gaza, apparently went back on an initial agreement to allow the youths to enter Israel.

“This was a suspicious visit that aimed to normalize our children with the Zionist occupation,” Eyad al-Buzom, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Gaza, said in a telephone interview. “In order to protect our sons, we prevented them from visiting the occupation,” he said, referring to Israel. Mr. Buzom refused to elaborate, but he said that all “dangerous” trips of this kind would be prevented in the future.

The youths, ages 13 to 16, according to Mr. Buzom, were to be accompanied by five adults from Gaza.

Hamas refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist and is sworn to its destruction. Israel, like much of the West, considers Hamas to be a terrorist organization and refuses direct dealings with it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/29/w...e-building-trip-to-israel.html?ref=world&_r=0

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

For all those who sincerely wish peace in this region- Hamas is the poison pill. Hamas has realized their income and funding will go away the moment they seek peace like Abbas and his party. As long as we have Hamas in the picture, there will never be meaningful talks and you will keep seeing the situation getting worse.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

and the US cut off funding to UNESCO which would go to programs like that.....

For all those who sincerely wish peace in this region- Hamas is the poison pill. Hamas has realized their income and funding will go away the moment they seek peace like Abbas and his party. As long as we have Hamas in the picture, there will never be meaningful talks and you will keep seeing the situation getting worse.

no the problem is israeli govt. and the American tax-payer money and weapons that go - despite scores of documented war crimes

Hamas are just fish in the pond....as long as the occupation and settlements building goes on (with American blessing) you will see the situation go even worse

 

[TankMan]

Hamas is the poison pill.

This theory collapses entirely when you see that the Israeli occupation of Palestine and subsequent violence has been going on for fifty years before Hamas even existed.

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

and the US cut off funding to UNESCO which would go to programs like that.....



no the problem is israeli govt. and the American tax-payer money and weapons that go - despite scores of documented war crimes

Hamas are just fish in the pond....as long as the occupation and settlements building goes on (with American blessing) you will see the situation go even worse

Obviously you are a Pakistani. May I ask what dog you have this hunt, when you are fine seeking our aid to help with your terrorists?

Being a victim of terrorists groups surely you would see that hamas is not helping the cause, no?

This theory collapses entirely when you see that the Israeli occupation of Palestine and subsequent violence has been going on for fifty years before Hamas even existed.

My friend, they are there to stay! you call it occupation, others call it rightful state. Can we move along and speak of ways we can work out a peaceful resolution?

 

[kamrananvaar]

For all those who sincerely wish peace in this region- Hamas is the poison pill. Hamas has realized their income and funding will go away the moment they seek peace like Abbas and his party. As long as we have Hamas in the picture, there will never be meaningful talks and you will keep seeing the situation getting worse.

As long as we have a trigger happy israel no chance of peace
Israel---poison pill
What do u call meaningfull talks?
Really dont care about two state solution
Personally i would just like peace to prevail With no berlin wall . And where children can go to school without being shot at . Wonder where the un is , the west doesnt see a malala in palestine where this is the third generation of children targetted by israel force so they dont get an education

 

[Falcon29]

My friend, they are there to stay! you call it occupation, others call it rightful state. Can we move along and speak of ways we can work out a peaceful resolution?

Peace can be had once Talmud/Zionist ideology is banned from earth.

Btw, you are ordinary Jewish american and have no affiliation with state department.

 

[Gunsnroses]

Btw, you are ordinary Jewish american and have no affiliation with state department.

Indian courtesan.

No peace can be made until zionists and their pathetic sympathisers come to terms that the cursed Israel is the prime cause of conflict who has occupied the territory inhabited by the the indigenous people. They must stop fetching more land and stop killing innocent dwellers but the mindset is kill more, then less land required to inhabit.

 

[OTTOMAN]

Hamas are just fish in the pond

Hamas is the EXCUSE to unleash misery upon Palestinians...
Clever Hamas always manage to fool (otherwise very hitech and trained and intelligent) Israelis and manage to smuggle Iranian rockets into Gaza, hence the excuse.. thusfar !!!!!!!!