Peace, I may have been the first one to use the name "Israel" in this thread, but I am NOT the one who brought up the subject of Israel. At this point in time, is not possible to separate any discussion of Hamas from the subject of Israel. That may change at some point in the future, but right now, that is the reality. If beardedbruce makes an accusation against Hamas, he does it in the context of the subject of Israel. You may not like this, but as they say, too bad.

And of course, long after beardedbruce and I have left off the subject of Israel (more than twenty four hours before you made your post), now YOU are the one who is carrying it on.