This is a quote from a Hamas spokemans:
There is no justification for targeting civilians. It is against Islam to deliberately kill unarmed civilians during jihad. In addition, our doctrine is to target the enemies army, security services, and support apparatus. But it is known that Zionist society is a militarized society. Service in the army is mandatory; and reserve duty continues past the age of 40. Our determined stance is that unarmed persons on both sides of the conflict should be left out of the fighting.
http://www.almoltaqa.ps/english/showthread.php?t=7747
Sounds familiar right.
This is another quote from Hamas after a terrorist attack:
shafique wrote:Indeed shame on them and also shame on you.
However, here's the actual quote from NYT (compare it with Elder's quote which links to an arabic page)
The claim of responsibility was unusual in that Hamas had refrained from taking responsibility for attacks in recent years. But with a sharp decline in rocket fire from Gaza against southern Israel, some in Gaza have been questioning Hamas’s commitment to fighting Israel.
Hamas said the attack was “a natural response to the crimes of the Israeli occupation and its settlers.” It said the killings demonstrated that the “armed Palestinian resistance is present in the West Bank despite the war to uproot it,” referring to the crackdown by Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces against Hamas in the West Bank.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/world ... &ref=world
dubai-politics-talk/killed-west-bank-t43101.html?hilit=The%20claim%20of%20responsibility%20was%20unusual%20in%20that%20Hamas#p345943
Notice that I am to shame, and that poster Shafique apparently sees nothing wrong with the quote that includes killing is a natural respons. Who can explain how killing can be a natural response. You shaf?