What to do with Hamas
Henry Kissinger:
...Because Hamas' position is based on religion, it is incapableof compromise. Therefore the organization must be destroyed. That is the only way Palestinians can reach an agreement with Israel. The Palestinians have made this terrible choice because they have been subsidized as a begger entity for the last 50 years, rather than made to live with the consequences of losing their wars with Israel. All aid should be cut off to Palestinians who support the goals of Hamas.
So far Hamas has left no ambiguity about its intentions, and it will clearly form the next government in the territories. A serious, comprehensive negotiation is therefore impossible unless Hamas crosses the same conceptual Rubicon Sharon did. And, as with Sharon, this may not happen until Hamas is convinced there is no alternative strategy -- a much harder task since the Sharon view is, in its essence, secular, while the Hamas view is fueled by religious conviction.
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