The ruling Palestinian faction Hamas on Thursday deplored the killing by U.S. warplanes of the al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, describing him as a casualty of a crusade against Arabs and Muslims.Supporters of the Palestinians have been insisting for months that Hamas is the duly elected government of the Palestinians. What now? Are we to take this expression of solidarity with Zarqawi as the voice of the Palestinian people speaking through its elected representatives? This is--or should be--an important infusion of clarity into our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hamas has the distinction of being the only elected one of the three Islamic-terrorist (or "Islamist") governments the world has seen, the other two being the Taliban and the Mullahs of Iran. This should mark the end of the notion in the mind of any reasonable person (if there are any remaining who think so) that peace can be obtained in exchange for land in this particular conflict--whether through unilateral withdrawal or through negotiation. (Hat Tip: LGF)
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Hamas and Zarqawi
Reuters puts it thus:
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