Russia and Turkey Want hamas Involved in Talks

Russia and Turkey want hamas included in negotiations. Israel should not agree to this farce of another "peace" process and tell medvedev what he can do with his demands. There is no peace to be had with genocidal Jew-haters. Do not surrender that which Israeli soldiers fought and died to liberate in the six day war.

The hypocritical Russians will ruthlessly fight the islamic jihadis who target their own country, but demand Israel sit down and negotiate with the jihadis which seek its annihilation. The same goes for the Turks who ruthlessly slaughter Kurds. But this kind of hypocrisy is to be expected of a muslim country.

Russia and Turkey call for inclusion of Hamas in peace talks

The presidents of Turkey and Russia have said that Hamas should not be excluded from the Middle East peace process. The Islamist group, which is backed by Syria and Iran, has been shunned by the West for refusing to recognize Israel, accept existing interim Israeli-Palestinian peace treaties and for its engagement in terrorist activities. At a joint news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Ankara, President Abdullah Gül said peace could not be achieved if Hamas was not involved.

Referring to indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Gül said: "Nobody should be excluded when these talks are held. Unfortunately the Palestinians are divided in two. They must be united and to unite them there must be talks with both sides. The Hamas side won elections in Gaza and so cannot be ignored.“

Hamas's takeover in Gaza in 2007 left the rival Fatah movement in control only in the West Bank. Fatah is the dominant party in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which entered into the 1990s interim peace accords. Gül added: "When Turkey talked [with Hamas) it faced threats but it emerged that Turkey was right. You cannot achieve peace by excluding people."

Medvedev and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad met with Khaled Meshaal, the exiled Hamas leader, in Damascus on Tuesday. After his talks with Gül on Wednesday, the Russian leader also indicated that Hamas should be included in the process: "We agreed to perhaps resolve this problem more actively, attracting all sides that are participating in the conflict, without isolating anyone from the process," Medvedev said.