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former9thward

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18. Yes and not one of those countries can name the capital of this "state" they recognize...
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 01:00 PM
Nov 2012

And they don 't have embassies in this "state" or ambassadors.

Hamas were elected by the people in Gaza so yes the run Gaza. Palestine is not officially... hrmjustin Nov 2012 #1
Thanks brettdale Nov 2012 #2
Hamas doesn't rule anything as in government, but they are a very popular people's patrice Nov 2012 #3
um. no. faulty info. cali Nov 2012 #6
Thanks for the catch. Doesn't Hamas also operate across borders in the region, so it isn't patrice Nov 2012 #8
Not as far as I know. cali Nov 2012 #10
Seems like Sy Hersh said something like that the last time Israel shelled the shit out of Lebanon... patrice Nov 2012 #12
yes Hamas is anti-Semitic liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #15
Actually, Hamas has been designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization cali Nov 2012 #17
Palestine is not a country according to Israel who controls the land & people of Palestine. nt patrice Nov 2012 #4
I once ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #5
Yes! I was just having second thoughts about the way that I said that. nt patrice Nov 2012 #7
I used to work with a Palestinian man OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #9
think about how bad republicans hate democrats and vice versa liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #13
I'm pretty good at putting myself hypothetically in other people's shoes, but I can't understand ths patrice Nov 2012 #14
What countries in the "East" recognize it? former9thward Nov 2012 #11
Currently 131 countries formally recognized Palestine as a state Douglas Carpenter Nov 2012 #16
Yes and not one of those countries can name the capital of this "state" they recognize... former9thward Nov 2012 #18
East Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine. Douglas Carpenter Nov 2012 #19
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