Hamas and the US response

Thought fragments and things Dr. Sec. Rice said.

War and terror how do they differ?
How are their results different? People die. Power is retained or wrestled away.

It was interesting to see how hard people in the US had to try and not be mad at the results of election. Well, not to show it at least

``You cannot have one foot in politics and another in terror,'' Rice told the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland via a telephone hookup to the State Department. ``Our position on Hamas has therefore not changed.''

``Palestinian people have apparently voted for change, but we believe their aspirations for peace and a peaceful life remain unchanged,'' she said. Rice said those goals will require renunciation of violence and terrorism and acceptance of Israel's right to exist side-by-side with a Palestinian state.

``Anyone who wants to govern the Palestinian people and do so with the support of the international community has got to be committed to a two-state solution,'' Rice said. ``You can't have a peace process if you're not committed to the right of your partner to exist.''

She predicted that the world will ``speak clearly'' on those points over the next day or so, but did not outline just how the United States plans to proceed.



``If your platform is the destruction of Israel, it means you're not a partner in peace, and we're interested in peace,'' Bush told reporters at a news conference.

osama hamdan spokesperson for hamas was on the Charlie Rose show by phone in Beirut. the 2 state solution favored by most Palestinians
all speak to making peace