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2007-06-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2007-06-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 A job for Quartet!

Posted by gromgoru 2007-06-21 03:32|| 2007-06-21 03:32|| Front Page Top

#2 What? He refuses to recognize Hamass' right to exist?
How deliciously ironic!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-06-21 09:07|| 2007-06-21 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 To the optimistic me, this whole situation seems like an opportunity for Fatah to show the Palestinians how much better of an alternative they are, by making the West Bank a stable, relatively prosperous place. Hamas will pull their 'Let's live like the Prophet' shit in Gaza, imposing al-Qaeda conditions and alienating the populace. Meanwhile, if Fatah could set their corruption/terroristic tendencies aside and govern the West Bank like a good, secular government should - buying lots of good will with the piles of Western $$$ being sent over - they might just find themselves with a grateful public willing to vote *them* into power and to sideline Hamas. Folks wouldn't be able to get out of Gaza fast enough.

The pessimistic me then takes over: Fatah/al-Aqsa doesn't care about anyone but themselves, can't reform and even if they did, Hamas would morph fully into the Hezbollah-like militia that Iran dreams of, taking pot shots at the West Bank to reek havoc and sabotage the whole thing.

Posted by Geoffro 2007-06-21 09:13|| 2007-06-21 09:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Abbas accused Khaled Meshaal, Hamas leader-in-exile

So, Khaled. When ya heading back to the homeland? C'mahn, what's Damascus got that Gaza doesn't? Besides running water and electricity...

Posted by tu3031 2007-06-21 11:21|| 2007-06-21 11:21|| Front Page Top

#5 "Mashaal? DEAD! His family? DEAD!..."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-06-21 12:42|| 2007-06-21 12:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Abbas harshly criticised Hamas for attacking "national symbols"

Assault the National Sewage Pond did they?

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-21 13:04|| 2007-06-21 13:04|| Front Page Top

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