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Hamas Gazumped

James Jones | 17.06.2007 14:29

Who won?

The US and Israel wanted a democratic election.And so there was.But the pesky Palastinians voted for the wrong government.Instead of the corrupt Fatah getting in,as was expected.The unnegotiating Hamas won.Shit.Said the US.Shit.said the Israelis.But that did'nt matter Fatah went ahead and elected it's self to power.Things muddled on for a while.The mainstream media reported about it as if the legitimate government were Fatah..If we had all voted for Labour here and Heseltine had put himself in the chair we would have all been up in arms.And thats what Hamas have done.Taken back some of what is rightfully theirs.Still today the mainstream are reporting it like it's a coup by Hamas against Fatah.Never mentioning the fact that Hamas won the election fair and square.

James Jones

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Hamas moves against a U.S.backed "coup"

17.06.2007 14:51

I would suggest it was Israel and the US who were gazummped, given the following Reuters feature added to the Times report of the Israeli reprisal to follow:


Israel to invade Gaza imminently
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/373860.html?c=on#c175900

Also:

After Gaza, some question who was overthrowing whom
 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17443574.htm

"The U.S. government began to lay the ground for President Mahmoud Abbas to dismiss the Hamas-led Palestinian government at least a year before the Islamist group's violent takeover of the Gaza Strip last week. Western, Israeli and Palestinian official sources said over the weekend that, far from being an ad hoc response to Hamas's offensive, Abbas's declaration of a state of emergency and his replacement of a Hamas prime minister with Western favourite Salam Fayyad marked the culmination of months of backroom deliberations, planning and U.S. prodding...Many Western officials and analysts see the offensive as a pre-emptive strike by Hamas before Washington could build up Fatah. Hamas says it made its move against a U.S.-backed "coup". "(Hamas leaders) knew what was going on," one senior Western diplomat said. "They knew Abbas was going to try to establish his authority. They read it in the paper like everyone else." Exactly who was overthrowing whom is a fair question, said International Crisis Group analyst Mouin Rabbani... Abbas was told "Hamas is an illegitimate organisation and that they are doing everything they can to force it out of power". Abington recounted a meeting as long ago as July last year at which "(Abbas) said to me that the Americans were urging him to kick out the government, to form an emergency government". "He refused to do it because it would lead to civil war...Western officials said Abbas was able to move swiftly this week to form a new government because much of the advance work had already been done. In one closed-door briefing with U.S. lawmakers earlier this year, a senior U.S. official said Abbas could rule by decree for 6-12 months before elections are held. On Sunday, faced with a constitutional article demanding any new government be approved by parliament, where Hamas has a majority, Abbas simply issued a decree scrapping that provision..."People question 'How can the United States promote democracy in the region and then not support an elected government?'

Danny