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Fatah threatens to arrest 200 Hamas men in West Bank
Ali Waked
Published: 28.07.08, 00:49
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1. Life is good
Jeffrey ,   Boston   (07.28.08)
when terrorists kill each other. Hamas crack down on Fatah, Fatah crack down on Hamas. Soon there will be a 3rd and 4th intifada. Hamas vs. Fatah and Fatah vs. Hamas. Hahahahahaha
2. Let them all arrest each other. They will be begging to be
put in an Israeli ,   jail after 2 days!!!   (07.28.08)
3. A missed chance.
Robert Bernier   (07.28.08)
The American and Israeli embrace of Abbas and his Palestinian Authority makes genuine peace more remote. Before Oslo there was a growing Palestinian middle class in the territories that could have provided the foundation for a stable, peace-seeking civil society. Yitzhak Rabin, both before and after his 1992 election as prime minister, proposed holding internationally supervised elections in the territories for a domestic leadership that would then negotiate with Israel over establishment of a Palestinian government and disposition of the territories. But local Palestinian leaders, despite their interest in Rabin's offer, were intimated PLO threats; while Israel's Peace Movement demonstrated against Rabin and insisted he deal with Arafat as the only legitimate leader of the Palestinians. Rabin capitulated and, via the initial Oslo agreements, allowed Arafat and his associates to come from Tunis and establish the Palestinian Authority. Very rapidly, members of what had been a growing middle class, faced now with Fatah corruption, shakedowns that undermined their businesses, political intimidation, and casual violence, began to leave the territories. Those who remained, still hoping to build a future for their families in the territories, soon saw their children brainwashed, through Arafat's schools, mosques and media, into believing that the best future was to die fighting to destroy Israel. Abbas's message to his people, through the PA's vehicles of indoctrination, continues to be what it was under Arafat and differs little from that of Hamas. The result of the PA’s policy at : http://xrl.us/bjdxh
4. They get along with themselves so well
Maks ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.28.08)
so why does the world expect us to get along with them?!
5. Just curios: why 200 but not 211?
Alex   (07.28.08)
6. Why 200 and not 173? Or 547?
Alex   (07.28.08)
7. Roadblocks, huh?
ny ,   usa   (07.28.08)
"Hamas security forces have set up roadblocks throughout the Strip in search of arms, explosives and suspects" I thought all you "freedom fighters" were against roadblocks because they "oppress" the "Palestinian people" and keep them from their "right to resistence?" I guess it's only Israeli roadblocks that create "oppression" for the Palestinians then, but nobody complains when Hamas oppresses its people---Hypocrites!
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