A new definition of chutzpah
The classic definition of chutzpah is the man who kills both his parents and throws himself on the mercy of the court because he’s an orphan.I think that Hamas is about to re-define the concept. According to REUTERS
The Hamas-led Palestinian government is weighing softening its stance toward Israel to ease isolation but not without concessions from the Jewish state and the international community, Hamas officials said on Thursday.
So Hamas will agree to pretend that it accepts Israel’s right to exist but only if it exacts concessions from the West and the state whose existence it rejects!
That’s like a mugger saying to his victim, “hey I’ll put the gun away if you give me all of your money.”
And REUTERS just reports this as a straight news story?!?!
Hamas isn’t even hiding anything
One expert on Hamas said any softening would not involve a shift in ideology, but be a way to try to get Western aid restored to the Palestinian Authority and heal a growing rift with President Mahmoud Abbas over government powers.
(emphasis mine) So if it doesn’t involve any change in ideology what exactly changes that warrants concessions from the West and Israel?
Technorati tags: Israel, Hamas, Reuters, chutzpah.
Crossposted on Israpundit and Soccer Dad.
No doubt Europe will buy into it.
Comment by Laura
— April 28, 2006 @ 11:53 am
So will the US and Hamas. Hamas would rather deal with Israel and the West than outsdie jihadists, al-Qaeada and Fatah all breathing down their necks.
Comment by radiorote
— April 28, 2006 @ 10:38 pm
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