The Hamas Leadership Is Afraid of Its Own Followers

“[Saudi] Prince Bandar bin Sultan said that the Hamas leaders promised, on the day after their election, to persuade their followers within three months that recognition of Israel [was necessary]. Why not surprise Omar Suleiman next month by fulfilling this promise? [The Hamas leaders] are undoubtedly afraid of their followers – [specifically,] of a faction within the Al-Qassam Brigades – and therefore they should be advised by Roosevelt’s [saying] about political courage, namely, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” A political movement must first of all serve the interests of the people. Is it in their best interest to remain without a state, hungry and besieged… just because their leaders have lost their political courage? Hamas is at an important crossroads that requires it to shake itself and reshape itself, in order to meet the challenges faced by its people…

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Etiquetas: democracia, eleições, Liberdade, Política