A Road to Ruin - Justus Reid Weiner
Had Israel acquiesced to the U.S. plan several months ago when it was first brought up by Secretary of State Rice to allow truck convoys to connect Gaza and the West Bank, Hamas would have been well-positioned today to complete its conquest of the West Bank as well.
(Washington Times)
In Israel, Palestinians Tell of Hamas Butchery - Fadi Eyadat and Mijal Grinberg
"Hamas has money and weapons for the next 20 years. All the youngsters want to join it," [a Palestinian patient in an Israeli hospital] said.
Zecharia Alrai, 39, an officer in Fatah's Force 17, had been abducted by four Hamas gunmen who shot three bullets into his leg. "How ironic that Israel is rescuing us from our Muslim 'brothers,'" he said.
(Ha'aretz)
What Failed in Gaza Won't Work in the West Bank - Editorial
If "supporting Fatah" is now the Administration's policy, we are in for rougher times ahead.
Fatah's troops were routed last week despite being better armed and far more numerous than Hamas. Why the same recipe that failed in Gaza should now work in the West Bank is anyone's guess.
(Wall Street Journal, 21Jun07)
Had Israel acquiesced to the U.S. plan several months ago when it was first brought up by Secretary of State Rice to allow truck convoys to connect Gaza and the West Bank, Hamas would have been well-positioned today to complete its conquest of the West Bank as well.
(Washington Times)
In Israel, Palestinians Tell of Hamas Butchery - Fadi Eyadat and Mijal Grinberg
"Hamas has money and weapons for the next 20 years. All the youngsters want to join it," [a Palestinian patient in an Israeli hospital] said.
Zecharia Alrai, 39, an officer in Fatah's Force 17, had been abducted by four Hamas gunmen who shot three bullets into his leg. "How ironic that Israel is rescuing us from our Muslim 'brothers,'" he said.
(Ha'aretz)
What Failed in Gaza Won't Work in the West Bank - Editorial
If "supporting Fatah" is now the Administration's policy, we are in for rougher times ahead.
Fatah's troops were routed last week despite being better armed and far more numerous than Hamas. Why the same recipe that failed in Gaza should now work in the West Bank is anyone's guess.
(Wall Street Journal, 21Jun07)
1 comment:
For the Washington Times to criticise Condi Rice and the Administrations mideast policy is truly closing the barn door after the horse has gone, took up residence elsewhere, had many foals, and died of old age. We need more stories of Israel saving Palestinians from their Muslim Brothers. And, finally, the alternatives to supporting Fatah are few and far between, so we had better hope that maybe they were caught off guard the first time, not believeing Hamas would rip their fledgling unity apart and kill so many of their own people. Now they know better.
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