[Harvard Crimson] Gabriel M. Scheinmann - All three American presidential candidates uniformly agree that the U.S. should neither reach out to Hamas - considered a terrorist organization by the U.S., Israel, and the EU - nor pressure Israel to do so. While some have continued to press Israel to end its boycott of Hamas, as if the lack of peace in the region is the result of an Israeli allergy to peaceful negotiations, this is the antithesis of the prevailing situation: It is Hamas who refuses to negotiate peace with Israel because its stated goal is the elimination of the Jewish state, a position repeated frequently by its leaders and adherents. Were Hamas willing to end its boycott of Israel, end its call for genocide, recognize Israel's right to exist in peace with its Arab neighbors, and renounce violence, it would find a ready and able peace partner in Jerusalem.
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