Events in Palestine

A friend sent me this to put out on the FC Blog, and who am I to disappoint. It might smack of liberalism to some, but what the heck, it's nice to get things from a more laid-back perspective :-)

FACTS ABOUT PALESTINE

Just so that nationalist comrades don't get taken in by the B.S. being spread by the Western media on what is happening in Palestine, here are a few of the facts (Lee "Kall Me Kosher" Barnes will no doubt spout Israel's line soon after).

1. Abu Mazen (Abbas) (pictured), the pathetic puppet President of the Palestinian Authority, has almost no control in the country since his Fatah party lost dramatically in the democratic elections to Hamas. He is, in fact, apart from being a willing puppet of the United States government and Israel, a puppet of Mohammed Dahlan, the head of the so-called Presidential Security Service. Dahlan, in fact, is simply a warlord using Abbas as his cover.

2. Dahlan has a force of around 1,500 men who were armed, months ago, by America and Israel and which has been training in Israel. Dahlan is keen to link up the neo-cons and Israel because he fancies himself in Abbas's shoes. Now that his force has been humiliated in Gaza, perhaps his paymasters will find another dog to bet on?

3. It is Dahlan's forces which have been causing trouble in Gaza for a long time now. Hamas have been remarkably restrained until now. They then decided that Dahlan - a traitor-Judas for Palestinians - had to be taught a lesson. In spite of the fact that Fateh had 70,000 armed men at their disposal in Gaza, Hamas overran them with just 10,000 men. Why? Because they have a vision, they have an ideology and they have the support of most Palestinians. Too many of the Fateh men - which has more factions than Tony Blair has scandals to his record - are simply corrupt, brutal and clueless.

4. Hamas is not a terrorist organization. It is anti-Israel and it is anti-American because of American support for Israel. It was elected not merely by Muslims but by large numbers of Christians too, many of whom could not take the corruption and incompetence of Fateh anymore after 40 years of failure.

5. A friend told me that the Christian religious leaders in Palestine have not only a great respect for Hamas, they have extremely cordial relations with them. That is not an anecdotal story, it was one heard from one of the most senior Christian leaders in the country. Hamas is Islamic as a movement, but wholly Arab nationalist in its outlook. Christian and Muslim Palestinians are, for Hamas, brothers in struggle - and anyone who has bothered to study the day to day work of Hamas will know that the Church is more than happy with the treatment that they have received; treatment that contrasts markedly with the blasphemies, cruelties and infidelities of Fateh gunmen.

6. The new "government" announced by Abbas is a joke. That Mr. Fayyad is another joke is beyond doubt. Educated in America, and a so-called technocrat and modernist, Israel has welcomed him as a real partner for peace. Can it be any plainer that the whole thing is yet another ploy by America and Israel to keep Arab nationalists divided: Iraq, Lebanon and now Palestine.

7. Conclusion: Hamas is genuine, the leadership of Fateh has been bought and paid for (years ago, I might add). The Arab League (better called the "Arabs on their Knees before Israel and America League") is dutifully playing its role: traitors and cowards all, the Arab street will one day pay them all back in coin.

PALESTINE IS ARAB FROM THE JORDAN TO THE SEA!

DEATH TO ISRAEL!