As if the Palestinians don't have enough problems, now Al Qa'eda is issueing threats to assassinate Fateh leaders.
What I find odd about these threatening leaflets by supposedly supporters of al Zarqawi is that they appear only two weeks after one of Hamas leaders warned in his Friday political sermon that if Hamas's governemnt falls, al Zarqawi will be the alternative. These remarks upset lots of people who felt they were being threatened.
I'm sure some would say that Fateh is coming up with this gimmick to boost their popularity. Could be.
But the pro-Hamas, anti-Fateh propaganda has reached such an ugly and scary pitch that violence seems the logical conclusion. Dahlan, who is not innocent, is nontheless being portrayed as an evil figure of mythic proportion.
What a mess!
On a note related to Fateh/Hamas rivalry, Fateh defeated Hamas for the student council elections at Al Quds Open University (which is traditionally a Fateh stronghold).
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Yes and they're already portraying it as a great comeback tantamount to re-winning the elections.
On the contrary, I think the pro-fate7, anti-hamas propaganda is reaching its peak. Remember that all the neo-liberal arab newspapers have been leading a nasty campaign against Hamas. There is a concerted effort between fate7 and some arab states to bring the government down. Fate7 leadership would rather see people starve than the Hamas government succeed. The sad part is that they still want power, through any means possible. It boils to this: PLO is the only representative of the palestinian people, and the PLO is part of the PA, which is part of Fate7.
But the truth on the ground is different: In the latest survey, support for fate7 in Lebanse refugee camps is a flimsy 25% (Hamas 40 and the PFLP 12) , so they don't even speak in the name of the refugees. I suggest they shut up.
Da7lan? How many have died because of his 'tanseeq amni' with israel? How many languished in his jails? How many millions does he have? Isn't he being 'trained' as the future palestinian leader (to be installed by the US/israel, naturally)?
Hamas should be criticised for its social and religiously-driven agenda, not for 'not acknowledging israel's right to exist'. The chorus of 'pens' lambasting hamas do not even touch these issues, since they're mostly on saudi payroll, no, they criticize its refusal to recognize israel and to lay down its arms.
if you go to some pro hamas website you will see what I mean by propaganda against PA and seculars in general: it's the kind of language that does not allow for debate only for slitting throats.
Not only Hamas's social agenda should be criticised, but its political agenda as well. Why is it above criticism? Because it wraps itself in armed struggle to liberate Palestine?
Because we don't have a free investigative press, rumor mongering is the way news are created. I don't care about Dahlan because he's not the problem. We can get rid of him tomorrow and we will still be in this mess. Personalizing matters is a distraction. Believe I won't be surprised if I read tomorrow that Dahlan is eating little Palestinian kids in his 100 milion dollar tower in Duabi. All it takes for that to be true is for it to be said.
Hamas's "language" is very different from the language used by Fateh. Some are calling it "ideological terrorism" and I agree.
Here's an article about that
http://www.alhayat-j.com/details.php?opt=1&id=23929&cid=421
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