"There is no other word for an organization that whips up hatred and murders innocents."

Oh I can think of plenty: Israel. US. Britain.

And that's just for starters.

Sharon is every bit the murderer as any Hamas leader is. Or have you conveniently forgotten how many innocent Palestinian children have been blown to bits by Israeli missiles?

Talk to me after all the men in your house have been kidnapped and murdered before your eyes, your house bulldozed, and your children left homeless and fatherless, and you've no place to go because the Israelis bombed your neighborhood into dirt.

No one says disarmament is a ridiculous proposition. It is just ridiculous to put it as the #1 condition for starting the negotiating a settlement.