So Hamas won! Depressing…

This is democracy, unfortunately this is it. Hamas Government, and Fateh president. What a mix, salad, tasteless!

I can see the next 4 years already.

Hamas is trapped. They have an agenda, but they never dreamed to be in full power.

Now, Fateh pushed them in the corner. Fateh is not going to join them in power. They don’t want to be part of any government ruled by Hamas agenda, and this is their right.

So, what is the problem?

The problem is in Hamas experience and agenda:

1. Hamas has no experience in running a government. They never accepted to participate in one along side with other Palestinian parties. Now they have no choice but to fill the seats by themselves.
2. Hamas agenda was always against any negotiation with Israel. In fact, until yesterday, they believed in armed resistance as the only way to return Palestine. All of Palestine, from sea to river. They never accepted the fact that Israel exist. Now, whether they like it or not, it does exist, but they never accepted that as a fact.
3. Hamas is not welcomed by anyone but those who elected them now. No international recognition is expected, not even from the Arab countries. Unless we consider Hezbollah to be the Lebanon government.

   This means that Palestinian will lose all international support, which means in return more misery for the Palestinian people who will soon notice that they did a mistake.

4. If and only if Hamas turned from armed resistance to diplomacy (which they also lack), this will result in losing the confidence of their supporters who elected them knowing their agenda and roadmap (if it exist). Therefore, chaos in the Palestinian streets will be the theme that will govern for long.

Mean while, Fateh must have learned by now that they need a new blood to run the field. They failed miserably in all what they did in the past few years.

While this is the situation in Palestine, we have to keep in mind that this elections represent ONLY Palestinians inside Palestine. Not a single vote was cast by millions of Palestinian living in the Diaspora. This is another lesson Fateh should learn.

As for the next 4 years, I guess we can skip news related to peace and negotiation. Rest in peace… Peace!

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