UN Security Council Says Hamas Must Recognize Israel and Two State Concept!
February 5, 2004
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The most powerful wing of the United Nations, the Security Council, laid down what the international community expected of Hamas as the new majority leading political party in the Palestinian Authority.
The Hamas has a whale of a mess to clean up, which was created by massive corruption produced by the policies and the activities of Yassar Arafat’s Fatah for many years.
The only decent thing I have ever been able to say about Hamas is this, the leaders are much more honest in seeing the monies distributed to the needs of the Palestinian population than was the legacy of Yassar Arafat.
Now that Hamas has not only inherited the job of running a government for the first time in its existence, but is also stuck with rebuilding a government in desperate straights, it could be, for the first time, they might show some moderation, since they need to concentrate on infrastructure reorganization at this time. How long this moderation will cause a false peace to exist is difficult to even guess, but it will only be temporary, and their underlying militant program will
be as militant as ever against Israel. They will be like a rattlesnake in his underground winter residence, waiting for the spring to surface for its prey.
The following Associated Press article from the Jerusalem Post is worth reading concerning what the Hamas must do in order to continue
to get the maximum benefit of foreign money to reorganize its infrastructure. It will continue to receive the bulk of its financial support from Saudi Arabia and Iran, but it probably does not want to stop
its other cash flow from Europe and the West.
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Security Council tells Hamas to Accept Peace with Israel
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
February 4, 2006
The UN Security Council told Hamas on Friday that a future Palestinian government must recognize Israel and commit itself to a negotiated settlement of the Mideast conflict culminating in two independent states living side-by-side in peace.
The council commented for the first time on the Islamic group’s surprise victory in the Jan.
25 Palestinian elections in a presidential statement that was delayed because of Qatar’ s demand for more critici
sm of Israel.
It congratulated the Palestinian people “on an electoral process that was free, fair and secure” and commended all parties involved in preparing and conduction the election.
The council welcomed the commitment by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah Party was defeated in the election, to the roadmap to peace drafted by the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and Russia.
It also welcomed his commitment to a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and previous agreements between the two parties.
“The Security Council expresses its view that all members of a future Palestinian government must be committed to the aforementioned instruments and principles,” the council said in the st atement read
at a formal meeting by US Ambassador John Bolton, the current council president.
Leaders from Hamas and the Fatah party have met twice in recent days to discuss the formation of a new government following Hamas’ landslide victory. Hamas has said it would like Fatah to join in a coalition, but senior Fatah leaders said they preferred to stay in the opposition.
The Security Council reaffirmed “its profound attachment to the vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security” and reminded both parties of their obligations under the roadmap.
It underlined the need for the Palestinian Authority “to prevent terrorist attacks and dismantle the infrastructure of terror.” Without naming Israel, it also called for a halt to settlement expansion and expressed concern about the route of the security barrier Israel is building to keep out Palestinian attackers.
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