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Why Israel Will Never Give In to Terror Tactics
[Belfast Telegraph-UK] Steven Jaffe and Terry McCorran - Gerry Adams recently met with Hamas, deemed a terrorist organization by the U.S.A., UK and Israel, and has called on the international community to bring Hamas into the peace process. Like him, we agree that Hamas must be put to the test. The political parties in Northern Ireland signed up to the democratic and non-violent Mitchell principles. Likewise, for Hamas to be brought to the negotiating table it must commit itself to a peaceful resolution of the conflict, recognize Israel's right to exist, and sign up to existing commitments between the Palestinians and the Israelis. We welcome Gerry Adams' call for an end to the missile attacks on Israel. He must surely know that if there were no attacks on Israel then Israel would not have launched its attack on Hamas in Gaza. Article 7 of the Hamas charter states that the day of justice for Muslims will arrive when every last Jew has been killed. Hamas gives effect to this aspiration by suicide bombs and missiles fired randomly into civilian areas. It rejects all peace processes and says Islamic struggle will eventually obliterate Israel. Can Mr. Adams really be surprised that Israel, of all nations, won't speak to an adversary which is committed to genocide against it? The writers are co-chairs of Northern Ireland Friends of Israel.