Israel approves release of funds to Abbas
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Abbas faces a constitutional crisis. By the terms of the Palestinian constitution, he has no mandate to rule Palestinians, and no authority to claim emergency powers beyond a fast approaching date.
Hamas won the last election fairly.
Abbas can call an election, but corrupt pro-Israel Fatah is so unpopular, they will loose any fair election.
The money Israel releases to Fatah belongs to elected Palestinian government (Hamas), not the self appointed dictator (Abbas).
The US and Israel would like to create a pro-Israel dictatorship in the West bank. But Fatah is so corrupt they may as well burn the money rather than let Fatah have it. As soon as Abbas gets the money he will send the funds to foreign bank accounts held by himself and other Fatah officials to bribe their loyalty.
The majority of Palestinians do not support Fatah. Eventually the West bank will follow Gaza. Fatah may have more arms and money thanks to Israel and the US, but bribes can't buy loyalty.
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Fatah is incapable of leading Palestinians. Fatah's leaders know their days are numbered. That's why they will pocket the money which belongs to Palestinians just like they always have in the past and flee the West Bank when the crunch comes. After the collapse, the people who supported Fatah for the bribe money will be left at the mercy of Hamas who will treat them like collaborators.[/FONT]
Hamas won the last election fairly.
Hamas wins in West Bank elections
Hamas supporters celebrating council election victories
Palestinian militant group Hamas has won a sweeping victory in municipal elections in the West Bank. The Palestinian electoral commission said that in the biggest city, Nablus, Hamas took 73% of the vote, while the mainstream Fatah organisation took 13%.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4534224.stm
Abbas can call an election, but corrupt pro-Israel Fatah is so unpopular, they will loose any fair election.
The money Israel releases to Fatah belongs to elected Palestinian government (Hamas), not the self appointed dictator (Abbas).
The US and Israel would like to create a pro-Israel dictatorship in the West bank. But Fatah is so corrupt they may as well burn the money rather than let Fatah have it. As soon as Abbas gets the money he will send the funds to foreign bank accounts held by himself and other Fatah officials to bribe their loyalty.
The majority of Palestinians do not support Fatah. Eventually the West bank will follow Gaza. Fatah may have more arms and money thanks to Israel and the US, but bribes can't buy loyalty.
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Fatah is incapable of leading Palestinians. Fatah's leaders know their days are numbered. That's why they will pocket the money which belongs to Palestinians just like they always have in the past and flee the West Bank when the crunch comes. After the collapse, the people who supported Fatah for the bribe money will be left at the mercy of Hamas who will treat them like collaborators.[/FONT]
I think you are wrong on several counts here EAO.
Abbas had every right to fire the PM, and to appoint another, he does have the right to rule until the time limit of Emergency powers.....
I think you are wrong about Hamas.....yes, they won the election fairly, but I believe any fair, new election would see the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas in droves. All Hamas has gotten them is death, destruction, hardshiop, and a de facto coup in Gaza.
HAMAS cares nothing for the Palestinian people. They have proven that in spades. All Hamas cares about is Islamist fanatacism and their instructions from their masters in Tehran. They are DONE as a democratically electable factor in Palestinian politics, all they have now is the rocket, the bomb, and the gun, which they are quite happily turning on their own people.
Hamas has proven you wrong, EOS. Face it. They are murdering Bastards interested only in their own agenda.
IF Hamas seizes power in the West Bank, Israel will be forced to re-occupy the area, which they will soon have to do in Gaza (unless they can talk the Egyptians into doing it for them......)
Fatah is corrupt.........although I think your accusations against Abbas personally are baseless.........it was the great Palestinian hero, Arafat, that stole BILLIONS!!!!!
Hamas is seditious, homicidal, and insane.............easy choice.
The 8 Fallacies of Bush’s Abbastan Plan
“Hello, Condoleezza Rice,” the Hamas gunman joked, speaking into the President Mahmoud Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Mazen)’s phone from the Palestinian Authority president’s chair in his abandoned Gaza office. “You have to deal with me now, there is no Abu Mazen anymore.”
Never a truer word spoken in jest, and all that…
But the Bush administration doesn’t get the joke. Bush and Condi would now have us believe that in fact some kind of opportunity has arisen to promote “peace” between Israel and the Palestinians by starving the Gazans and ignoring the political party in which Palestinian voters placed their confidence 18 months ago, while pumping cash into a new authoritarian regime under U.S. tutelage headed by Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank....
http://tonykaron.com/2007/06/20/the-8-fallacies-of-bushs-abbastan-plan/
The author is a senior editor at Time magazine with experience in Palestine/Israel.