PALESTINE: EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT
published in B&E 28/06/07
The rich West Bank & barren Gaza
The prolonged Palestinian struggle stands at the crossroads of total division & obliteration
The US never tires of talking about democracy and the methodology to be adopted to inculcate the tenets of freedom in the Muslim mind. When it comes to action, all the US does is to either bomb the country out of shape (as in Iraq) or encourage an undemocratic divide in the nation, leading to the overthrow of legitimately elected government (as in Palestine). The US and its biggest stooge Israel have managed to push the popular Hamas faction to Gaza and installed another Western poodle, Mahmoud Abbas in West Bank, as the so-called “moderate” leader of the Palestinian Authority. America, Israel and the EU are showering billions of dollars on Abbas to help him marginalize the Palestinian struggle and embarrass the other leaders. What are the credentials of Abbas, which make him the blue-eyed boy of the West? "Abbas came into limelight with his 600 page book on the Oslo peace accord. Interestingly, he wrote his book without once mentioning the word 'occupation', referred to Israeli 'redeployment' rather than 'withdrawal',"shared a London-based noted columnist Robert Fisk, while talking to B&E. "Yes, Abbas is a nice boy, their kind of guy, because he wears a tie and goes to the White House and says all the right things,” adds Fisk. The Mahmoud Abbas-led Fatah faction is a favourite of the US, because they are willingly at the beck & call of Israel. It is due to this reason that the Western media calls the Fatah faction “moderates”. This faction is as armed to the teeth as the Hamas & they have been indulging in violence against Hamas, both in West Bank as well as Gaza. Hamas is the spoilt child, because it just refuses to recognize the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
Ever since its inception some 49 years ago, the Left-oriented Fatah was the dominant Palestinian group in the vanguard of the struggle against Israel. It kept the Palestinians united and prevented all efforts by the West to add an Islamic tinge to the legitimate struggle for freedom. For several decades, the West had refrained from negotiating with Fatah, because of its alleged Soviet connections. Now the scenario has changed, as Fatah is more pliable, ready to fight its own brethren at the behest of occupiers & has no qualms about allowing its home, the Gaza strip to resemble a war-torn African nation. Notwithstanding the great betrayal by the Fatah, one needs to give full credit to the strategists in the US and Israel, who have wonderfully orchestrated a divide in the Palestinian movement and ensured that the opposition remains weak for years to come. With the Fatah and Hamas busy killing each other, Israel must have got the much needed rest and recuperation. Not only this, the current ‘road map’ will also spare the Israeli army from being blamed for human rights violations. A grand strategy indeed!
The US never tires of talking about democracy and the methodology to be adopted to inculcate the tenets of freedom in the Muslim mind. When it comes to action, all the US does is to either bomb the country out of shape (as in Iraq) or encourage an undemocratic divide in the nation, leading to the overthrow of legitimately elected government (as in Palestine). The US and its biggest stooge Israel have managed to push the popular Hamas faction to Gaza and installed another Western poodle, Mahmoud Abbas in West Bank, as the so-called “moderate” leader of the Palestinian Authority. America, Israel and the EU are showering billions of dollars on Abbas to help him marginalize the Palestinian struggle and embarrass the other leaders. What are the credentials of Abbas, which make him the blue-eyed boy of the West? "Abbas came into limelight with his 600 page book on the Oslo peace accord. Interestingly, he wrote his book without once mentioning the word 'occupation', referred to Israeli 'redeployment' rather than 'withdrawal',"shared a London-based noted columnist Robert Fisk, while talking to B&E. "Yes, Abbas is a nice boy, their kind of guy, because he wears a tie and goes to the White House and says all the right things,” adds Fisk. The Mahmoud Abbas-led Fatah faction is a favourite of the US, because they are willingly at the beck & call of Israel. It is due to this reason that the Western media calls the Fatah faction “moderates”. This faction is as armed to the teeth as the Hamas & they have been indulging in violence against Hamas, both in West Bank as well as Gaza. Hamas is the spoilt child, because it just refuses to recognize the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
Ever since its inception some 49 years ago, the Left-oriented Fatah was the dominant Palestinian group in the vanguard of the struggle against Israel. It kept the Palestinians united and prevented all efforts by the West to add an Islamic tinge to the legitimate struggle for freedom. For several decades, the West had refrained from negotiating with Fatah, because of its alleged Soviet connections. Now the scenario has changed, as Fatah is more pliable, ready to fight its own brethren at the behest of occupiers & has no qualms about allowing its home, the Gaza strip to resemble a war-torn African nation. Notwithstanding the great betrayal by the Fatah, one needs to give full credit to the strategists in the US and Israel, who have wonderfully orchestrated a divide in the Palestinian movement and ensured that the opposition remains weak for years to come. With the Fatah and Hamas busy killing each other, Israel must have got the much needed rest and recuperation. Not only this, the current ‘road map’ will also spare the Israeli army from being blamed for human rights violations. A grand strategy indeed!
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