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Quote by Ismail Haniyeh
We do not wish to throw them into the sea.
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The speaker clearly rejects throwing “them” into the sea. The sentence expresses restraint toward an unspecified group or people, but it gives no further explanation of who “them” are or what alternative the speaker supports. Its meaning is therefore limited to refusing this extreme action.
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- Ynetnews, reporting Haniyeh’s 2006 interview with Newsweek and The Washington Post
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