Compromise anyone?

Those who have illusions about the ease of making peace would do well to consider the following, from the Web site of the Hamas terrorist group, Ezzedeen Al Qassam. They are named after Izzedin-El-Qassam, appropriately enough, a Syrian fanatic agitator who migrated to Palestine and whose death at the hands of the British triggered the revolt of the 1930s.  

 

Hamas: We won't waive an inch of Palestinian lands
2007-12-09 Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades - the armed branch of the Islamic
Resistance Movement (Hamas).
source: alqassam.ps/english/?action=showdetail&fid=758

Hamas confirmed on Saturday that it would never relinquish a particle of dust from the Palestinian lands whatever the sacrifices would be and that it is ready to continue offering martyrs to pave the way for the Arab and Islamic peoples' march for the liberation of Palestine.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the first intifada, Hamas renewed its call for dialogue and restoring the unity of the Palestinian people as one of the most important elements of struggle against the Zionist  occupation.

In a statement, Hamas called on the international community especially the Arab and Islamic countries to extend all kinds of support to the Palestinian people whether politically, financially or spiritually.

It also asked them to contribute to ending the siege imposed on Gaza, underlining that the international community should respect the democratic choice of the Palestinian people.

Hamas pointed out that the Zionist occupation before and after the Annapolis conference waged a series of vicious terrorist attacks against the Palestinian people and resistance fighters during which its troops committed the worst crimes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.