Barak admits Hamas is invincible

 
Israeli war minister Ehud Barak has acknowledged that it was unlikely to eliminate Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, or to end its control on the Gaza Strip and replace it with a puppet regime as evident in previous experiences in other countries.

He told the Hebrew radio on Sunday that Israel was unable to realize its dream, as well as that of the US and the European countries, to wipe out Hamas.

He explained that the previous experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq where the US toppled regimes and installed others had proven their failure.

A former chief of the Israeli foreign intelligence opined that there was no other option but to open dialogue with Hamas.

He said that Hamas is a de facto situation that should be dealt with if Israel wished to forge a future agreement with PA chief Mahmoud Abbas and to avoid any military confrontation with the Movement.