Hamas and The People of Gaza----Possible Crossroad by Jamil Shawwa

The thing about this latest Hamas escalation is that it cannot be isolated from the overall Palestinian Israeli march towards peace. There are no middle grounds here, either a genuine project among the Palestinians for peace based on Gaza and the West Bank or no peace. Hamas style of rockets diplomacy and its style of committing terrorism in order to get a voice might work for its selfish needs and might help the organization in having a voice in Palestinian politics,but the people of Gaza are those that have been suffering from its political games and pretentious terrorism and suicide bombing. The Palestinians need to rise and elect leaders that are focused on the best interest of the Palestinian people which are immediate negotiations, no preconditions, just a goal towards building a viable state in Gaza and the West Bank and peaceful relations with the State of Israel.

Negotiations Through Terrorism...by Jamil Shawwa

Negotiations through terrorism is what Hamas is doing right now. It could work and make the West Bank and Gaza get glued together again or it could result in a defeat for Hamas and negotiations as well by getting, through defeat, the West Bank and Gaza together to the negotiating table with the State of Israel. Either way the rockets of Hamas are killing innocent Israelis and innocent Palestinians. Hamas triggers a normal reaction from Israel to defend its population. It's the Palestinians that never had anyone to defend them from their own rockets and suicidal politics. There is an example of Hamas in the Taliban, the US is trying to get them or some of them to the negotiating table to become a regular political power in Afghanistan. In the same time, Taliban continues in its terrorism and the US in responding and attacking and negotiating.