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patrice

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8. Thanks for the catch. Doesn't Hamas also operate across borders in the region, so it isn't
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 07:29 PM
Nov 2012

strictly speaking a political party involved in the politics of one country?

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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