Jackson50 on 15 January 2009
| Comrade Tovya said: ^^^ Jackson, honestly, God love you, but please stop nitpicking every word I write... It's very annoying. I've been respecting you equally, and have not been picking apart everything you write (and yes, sometimes it's very hard). But I've given you the basic respect of not criticizing every little word you write. I've been sticking to your main points. If you want me to start again, I'm game, I promise you... Anyway, you know good and well what I meant.. more Arabs voted for Chamas than Fateh (not that it makes that big of a difference, because Fateh is nearly as bad as Chamas). The point I have been trying to make is this: Chamas ran on the platform of the annihilation of Israel, and the Palestinians liked this platform and voted them into power. Hence, the talk that Chamas doesn't represent the will of the people (which many posters in this forum imply) simply isn't true. The assertion that although Chamas wants war, the Palestinian majority do not is simply not founded... the election of Chamas and independent polls show that this is simply illogical. |
Divert attention from your mistake if you desire, but it was incorrect to say a majority of Palestinians voted for Hamas...correct?
Also, it is specious to say the Palestinians voted for Hamas because Hamas' platform advocated severing ties with Israel. Hamas won the election because of two main reasons: they are seen as honest and opposed to corruption, and they also provide an extensive social network that is vital to the vitality of many Palestinians. Fatah could have prevented a Hamas victory if they opposed corruption and provided basic services like Hamas does. Hamas' commendable social work is a stark contrast to their unfortunate and contemptible advocacy of the destruction of Israel.
