(FrontPageMagazine) Andrew G. Bostom - Even frank apologists for Hamas, quick to stress how past "liberation" movements were incorporated into electoral processes, will be forced to grapple with the organization's open pronouncements espousing an endless, annihilationist jihad against Israel. In a Hamas pre-election video from December 12, 2005, the terror organization reiterated that it will not give up its armed struggle until Israel is destroyed entirely. The Hamas message also celebrates its love of death as being superior to Israel's love of life, while expressing support for those Israeli Arabs who wish to destroy Israel "from within." Democracy - mere popular rule - should not be our primary objective for the Muslim world, but rather Muslim societies and governments who share our values, so we can safely share this planet.
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