Revenge still not sweet

RE: Hamas Executes Two Accused of Aiding Israel (April 16th 2010)

To the Editor:

Since the removal of Israeli occupation of the Gaza strip and the recent violence between Hamas, Fatah, and Israel, the state of unrest is most evident in this article. The dictionary definition of terrorism is "the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes." Hamas, killing two people from Palestine this past week argue that they were Israeli spies and even though courts had administered a life sentence in prison Hamas decided to take it into their own hands. The men were executed by a firing squad and no press was allowed near the bodies. Outside countries look to the group as terrorists and as an organization looking towards revenge and violence instead of peace. If Hamas was looking forward to win the democratic elections in years to come, this was not the mode of action to take. I feel these actions against their own citizens, even if they are spies, is a step in the wrong direction.