Thursday, August 07, 2008

Evaluating the Palestinian movement


Internalizing Hamastan -Editorial

Israel and the West would do well to internalize that Hamas' rule in Gaza is the best indicator to date of how Palestinians would run their affairs in a fully independent Palestine.
(Jerusalem Post)


Political Suicide, Palestinian Style -Rami G. Khouri

As Fatah and Hamas battle it out like a bunch of armed neighborhood gangs, it will not be surprising to see some friends of Palestine quietly walk away, mumbling that if the Palestinians wish to kill each other and destroy their own society, they are free to do so.

The sight of clan-based political groups in Gaza killing each other is familiar in many parts of the Middle East, sadly. It is a sign that national dysfunctionality expressed in internecine political violence is a regional Arab ailment, not a peculiarly Palestinian one.
(Daily Star-Lebanon)


Palestinians See Israel as a Refuge -Mohammad Salah

The flight by Palestinians to Israel in search of safety away from the bullying and aggression of Hamas affirms that the Palestinian issue is on its way to disappearing, evaporating and being forgotten.
(Al-Hayat-Lebanon)

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