Coup, Anyone?
Hamas launched its military coup with great success, if its aim was to take possession of the Gaza Strip and oust Fatah from that lawless no-man's land. Which has left it with exactly what? Oh yes, the complaint that Fatah has retaliated by dismissing the unity government and Mahmoud Abbas appointing a replacement prime minister, one with experience and credibility and best of all no ideological/religious adherence.
Hamas has the risible temerity (yes, the word is chutzpa) to complain of a political coup staged by Fatah. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander - and vice versa. The new emergency government can only promise good for the future of the Palestinian Authority. And by extension for the Palestinians living in the West Bank. As for those Palestinians living in Gaza, long accustomed to a miserable way of life, the presence of Hamas can only promise more of the same.
Masked gunmen, terrorists roam the streets of Gaza City. Triumphantly declaring that God's will has been done. When they're not actively hunting down any remaining vestiges of Fatah support, they're shooting their Kalashnikovs in celebratory fireworks displays of jihad. And driving around looking for municipal Fatah-held offices and homes to loot. The promise of a theistic totalitarianism looms large.
Now that the unity of two severely oppositional factions has been severed by fiercely violent means, a conciliatory overture by Khaled Meshaal and Ismail Haniyeh is brought forward claiming that Hamas is once again willing to let bygones go, and work together in unity and full co-operation on behalf of Palestinians. Weasel words for the credulous.
People are attending prayers in their local mosques in great numbers. The calm after the storm. Hamas has cooled down slightly, ready to release those Fatah members they are currently still holding, claiming they no longer consider them to be guilty of treason. Still, Hamas spokespeople speak of the territory having been cleansed "of secularism and heresy". Woe betide any Gazans who give them reason to think otherwise through lack of sufficient care.
Israel watches and waits. Gaza has become a festering swamp.
Hamas has the risible temerity (yes, the word is chutzpa) to complain of a political coup staged by Fatah. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander - and vice versa. The new emergency government can only promise good for the future of the Palestinian Authority. And by extension for the Palestinians living in the West Bank. As for those Palestinians living in Gaza, long accustomed to a miserable way of life, the presence of Hamas can only promise more of the same.
Masked gunmen, terrorists roam the streets of Gaza City. Triumphantly declaring that God's will has been done. When they're not actively hunting down any remaining vestiges of Fatah support, they're shooting their Kalashnikovs in celebratory fireworks displays of jihad. And driving around looking for municipal Fatah-held offices and homes to loot. The promise of a theistic totalitarianism looms large.
Now that the unity of two severely oppositional factions has been severed by fiercely violent means, a conciliatory overture by Khaled Meshaal and Ismail Haniyeh is brought forward claiming that Hamas is once again willing to let bygones go, and work together in unity and full co-operation on behalf of Palestinians. Weasel words for the credulous.
People are attending prayers in their local mosques in great numbers. The calm after the storm. Hamas has cooled down slightly, ready to release those Fatah members they are currently still holding, claiming they no longer consider them to be guilty of treason. Still, Hamas spokespeople speak of the territory having been cleansed "of secularism and heresy". Woe betide any Gazans who give them reason to think otherwise through lack of sufficient care.
Israel watches and waits. Gaza has become a festering swamp.
posted by Pieface | 5:59 PM
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