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In reply to the discussion: Jubilant Palestinians mob Gaza streets [View all]Alamuti Lotus
(3,093 posts)5. I am quite sure that is not what David__77 meant..
I believe the implication rather is that a ceasefire implies a defeat of the Israeli campaign; or at the least, an acceptance on their part that continued action will not achieve victory (however that is defined in their terms--I believe it might be accomplishing "killing four generations of a single family with one bomb", but can't be sure).
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Thank you for the response then. I'll self-delete the post you are responding to out of respect.
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#37
don't let your guard down; that kind of assumption can still be safely made about certain others
Alamuti Lotus
Nov 2012
#41
Really? Do you have information that the executed collaborators just didn't think Hamas was great?
Comrade Grumpy
Nov 2012
#34
As the Wikipedia link pointed out, it hasn't even been agreed that THAT election will happen.
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#35
They tried directly electing the pm in Israel at one point...Didn't seem to help.
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#52