[Ha'aretz] Shlomo Avineri - Recently, more and more voices have been heard saying that the only way to reach an Israeli-Palestinian accord is by talking to Hamas. The question is what to talk to Hamas about. I believe we must talk to Hamas about what is written in their founding covenant. The prologue to the covenant states that Hamas' aim is a war - not against Israel or Zionism but against the Jewish people, since the Jews, and not merely Israel and Zionism, are the enemies of Islam. Compared with what is written in the Hamas covenant, Austria's Joerg Haider and Jean-Marie Le Pen in France are moderates. If a movement like this were to come out of Europe, no one would even imagine proposing that negotiations be held with it.
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