Hamas leader: 'I dream of a map without Israel'
By Israel Insider staff and partners April 3, 2006


Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar on Sunday reiterated Hamas' desire to eliminate Israel and replace it with an Islamic state.

In an interview with the Chinese news agency, Xinhua, al-Zahar spoke about his "dream of hanging a huge map of the world on the wall at my Gaza home which does not show Israel on it."

"I hope that our dream of having an independent state on the entire territory of historical Palestine will be realized one day." This dream, he added, "will become real one day. I'm certain of this because there is no place for the state of Israel on this land."

In the interview, al-Zahar did not reject the possibility of Jews, Muslims and Christians living together under the sovereignty of a Muslim state, adding that the Palestinians never hated the Jews and that only the "Israeli occupation" was their enemy.

Al-Zahar also said that Hamas may make contacts with Israel in running the daily affairs of the Palestinians on some occasions, but stressed that these contacts would never be promoted to political talks.

He defended Hamas' declared goal of destroying the State of Israel, and said that he is convinced the world will eventually understand things.

Al-Zahar declared that Hamas will not disarm its military wing, adding that the Hamas government will continue to support armed organizations opposing the "Israeli occupation." "Why should we disarm the militants while the Palestinian territories are still occupied? The people have to defend themselves," he said.

Al-Zahar, who is the overall leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, also called upon the international community to give the Hamas cabinet a chance to show it was "clean and transparent."

He also said that the United States should abandon its long-time partial policy that favors Israel and should not act in a hurry to pressure the new Hamas government politically and economically.

Asked if Hamas would ever negotiate with Israel, al-Zahar said: "Israel wants to negotiate only for the sake of negotiations, but on the ground, it expands settlements and continues building the separation fence on Palestinian territories. Israel doesn't want peace, nor does it have any peace project. Therefore, we should not deceive our people and tell them that there will be negotiations."

But al-Zahar reiterated that it was possible that Hamas and its cabinet would accept a temporary two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, but expressed doubts over whether Israel really wants to see the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

"I want to ask, 'Does Israel believe in the idea of two states?'" he said. "Israel is deceiving the international community and it actually wants only a Jewish state and it just hopes to see the Palestinians have an autonomous regime."

'Al-Zahar continuing Iranian president's strategy'

Sources in Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said that al-Zahar is continuing the strategy initiated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who recently called for Israel to be wiped off the map, Ynetnews reported.

"The voice is al-Zahar's voice, and the hands are the Iranian president's hands. Anyone who imagines holding negotiations with Hamas should read al-Zahar's interview and understand who we are dealing with," a source said.


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Psalms 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

Well Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar ....... sorry to be the one to rain on your parade but ..........

Amen

Isaiah:30:17
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one: at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a becon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

18. And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you, for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

19. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry: when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

20. And though the LORD give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

21. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Isaiah:31:9
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

Gods road map has a clear goal...a x marks the spot...The great treasure and store house of the future reign of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Yes, and he also dreams of 40 virgins in heaven as a result of blowing up women and children to get the point across.

Need I even say, KEEP DREAMING!

Good Humor Shaun Now don't you start dreaming that too!

LOOOL onetiggerroo.

Good Picture. . What i dream there are not going to remove Israel from the map. They wont get their 40 virigns in heaven also and they wont last long either.

Me, a former musician dream of 40 virgins? How could you even think such a thing?

Joke aside, not really my thing, and in this day an age, REALLY don't have to worry about that .



Although, I will say, being alive in David's and/or Solomon's time when having eight hundred or so wives was, shall we say, "legitimate" for a time, would have been fantastic. Speaking from a male perspective.


...Although the downside to that would be extreme fatigue.....emotionally, of course.

Can you imagine, taking care of their shopping sprees?

The Jerusalem Express card. "Please, leave my home and never come back!"

you guys kill me!

Would it really be fantastic?

Clothing and housing bills! Can you imagine having to feed, clothe, and house all those women and all the children from that lifestyle. Just trying to keep ALL the names straight; now that had to be hard!

I don't believe it was ever proper in God's eyes to have more than one wife. In the beginning Father said Gen.
2:24-25 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame"
Both he said not how ever many he wanted. I believe it happened but that don't make it right. My opinion anyways

I dont know why do men need so many wife for. Especially in muslims u can see that. One wive is more than enough for a man. Do everyone agree with me ?.