Obama representative to talk with Hamas

[Streck-Fu]

The US has no choice but to talk with Hamas? BS!

Let's see if this comes true....LINK

Hamas says asked by US to keep silent on talks

Islamist group source says senior American officials request contacts remain secret 'so as not to rouse Jewish lobby'

Roee Nahmias
Published: 06.25.10, 19:04 / Israel News

A senior Hamas figure said Friday that official and unofficial US sources have asked the Islamist group to refrain from making any statements regarding contacts with Washington, this following reports that a senior American official is due to arrive in an Arab country in the coming days to relay a telegram from the Obama Administration.

The Hamas figure told the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper that the Americans fear discussing the talks publicly would "rouse the Jewish lobby and other pressure groups in the US and cause them to pressure the administration to suspend all talks with Hamas."

The Hamas figure, who is close to Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of the government in Gaza, added, "This is a sensitive subject. The Americans don't want anyone to comment on it because this would catch the attention of pressure groups (in the US) and cause problems."

He said Hamas' exiled leadership in Damascus is overseeing the contacts behind closed doors.

On Wednesday a Washington-based Arabic newspaper quoted a senior official as saying that an American envoy is scheduled to meet with Hamas representatives in an Arab country and hand them a letter from the Obama Administration.

According to the report, the official said Washington has no choice but to work with Hamas due to its influence in the Arab and Islamic world.

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...it is rather telling that these asshats from hamas found it so easy to say they were spoken to and asked to be quiet.

Its almost as if they were happy to 'out' the administrations . After all, what leaders worth their salt would try to hold "secret" talks with a terrorist organization?

...ok sorry, they are not terrorists, they are just "exiled leadership" staying in Damascus

Hm... exiled leaders?

Its a good thing we have Hamas out there to keep us honest......

[longrange1947]

Anyone that believes that the Palestinian leadership wish to have peace are fools. They have been offered solutions for years and have rejected them out of hand. They move the goal line as soon as the old one is met. compromise is somethign that I would now reject out of hand. It is time for them, the Palestinians to compromise.

This admisitration is too wrapped up in appeasement and that is exactly what got old Neville in trouble.