The comments by Khalil al-Hayya came amid a stalemate in months of cease-fire talks. But it's unlikely Israel would consider such a scenario.

A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.

    • WamGams@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t believe that. Right wing fuckheads with weapons don’t generally give up their power, especially after they had already taken away the right to vote.

      A lot of dead Palestinians will be on your hands if you are wrong here. The price of being wrong is too high for me to agree with you, though I wish I could.

        • WamGams@lemmy.caEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          I’m not personally willing to settle for a choice between genocides Palestinians or Jews, and with Hamas in power, you are going to get both.

          If Hamas wants to prove me wrong, and responsibly lead their people, maybe their political apparatus should stop being cowards, leave their Qatari skyscraper, and return to Palestine, and prove they want the responsibility of leading a nation.

          They don’t want that. Stop taking terrorists at their word just because they are the underdog.

      • gimpchrist @lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        Right-wing fuck heads with weapons? You mean like israel? And you say the price of being wrong is too high for you to agree with someone… there is no price for you!!! You live in comfort, not being bombed everyday. You’re an armchair critic who pays not 1 ounce of a price for your dumb opinion.

        • WamGams@lemmy.caEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          The price is more dead Palestinians and Jews.

          And no offense, but you aren’t paying that cost either. Doesn’t mean we deny the cost will be paid.

      • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Hamas has been given millions of dollars by Israel over the years while any other potential political group has been surpressed. Without Israel they may actually have a chance at forming alternative groups. There is already the blood of nearly 40,000 Palestinians on our hands.