All Annotations of The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - Peace means addressing Hamas' conditions[Preview]

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• This approach typically comprises four components: talk to the group in question rather than boycott it; make clear their objectionable actions that must stop; identify their legitimate national or political demands that can be met; and, negotiate in a context of equality Equal-Pay-No-Way to achieve a win-win situation that stops the terror, removes underlying reasons for it, satisfies all sides' minimum demands and rights, and achieves peace and security.
• The key to achieving a peaceful win-win situation is to analyze and deal with Hamas in the total framework of its actions, and not only through the narrow lens of terror acts. This means understanding and addressing the six R's that Hamas represents: resistance, respect, reciprocity, reconstruction, rights and refugees.