----- Original Message ----- From: Khalid Amayreh To: Khalid Amayreh Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: Fw: The Joke of Palestinian democracy under Fatah, Israel
Source: www.xpis.ps The Joke of Palestinian "democracy" under Fatah, Israel Comment by Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine 19 September, 2008 Jockeying for an advantageous public posture vis-à-vis Hamas, the Fatah movement has been calling for the organization of presidential and parliamentary elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The proposal is being touted as the only way to resolve the enduring crisis between Fatah and Hamas, following the latter's counter-coup in Gaza in June of last year. The proposal, however, seems to be more of a propagandist gambit than a sincere effort aimed at achieving inter-Palestinian reconciliation. And it doesn't suggest that Fatah, now solidly backed and financed by the United States, has undergone a true democratic transformation. Indeed, Fatah today remains the same Fatah that only reluctantly and under American pressure agreed to allow general elections to take place in 2006- and only because Fatah leaders seemed then certain they would win. ....................read on www.xpis.ps
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