Despite all what the world might think of, Palestinian under occupation (and elsewhere for sure) still believes that Hamas and Haniyeh are in better position than what the trio - Rice, Bush and Olmert - are trying to present as an alternative for Palestinian Democracy to the world, the corrupted Fatah and President Abbas.

In a [...]

Oh, what a surprise!?

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice covertly sought to oust Hamas after the 2006 polls triggering a bloody Palestinian civil war, a US magazine alleged Tuesday.

Vanity Fair (full report below) said it had obtained confidential documents, which had been confirmed by US and Palestinian sources, [...]

The best piece of shit you will ever hear:

Via: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

PM Olmert to Cabinet: “Striking at Hamas increases chance for peace.”

Israel will continue to defend its citizens and will continue to make efforts to hold negotiations in order to reach a dialogue and understanding with the Palestinian leadership that wants this.

(Communicated by [...]

Image by: Carlos Latuff

Israel Rejects Hamas Truce Offer, Continues Attacks on Gaza (via: Washington Report)

As Muslim and Christian Arabs, Europeans, and Americans celebrate Eid and Christmas-and Jews having recently celebrate Hanukkah-Israel is attacking Gaza. In less than a week-since Tuesday, Dec. 18-Israeli air strikes and ground troops have killed 20 Palestinians, and injured many more [...]

“I will suggest that the secretary general withdraw the UN from the Quartet, if the Quartet fails to have regard to the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territories.” John Dugard, UN special rapporteur

John Dugard, the UN human rights envoy for the Palestinian Territories, told the BBC the US, EU, UN and Russia were failing [...]

AB Yehoshua, Amoz Oz, David Grossman, Yehudit Katzir, etc. petition Olmert to talk to Hamas.

In Israel, it is the army that rules. Couple of days ago, the Israeli “Defense” Forces, apparently defending themselves from the boredom of Hamas trying to survive, invaded Gaza again, with tanks, killed a few “terrorists”, a few innocent by standers, whatever… it doesn’t matter because it just isn’t news, and NEWS, is the only [...]

Fading U.S. democracy agenda evokes Arab scorn
Reuters

They say this was clear from the moment the United States and the European Union boycotted the government set up by Hamas in March 2006 after the Islamists trounced Abbas’s Fatah faction in free elections that Washington had insisted go ahead.

“That was the hair in the soup in terms [...]

Via Haaretz:

…”Britain talked directly with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal and Syria to facilitate Johnston’s release, violating the global boycott of the movement…”

“How can Israel and Abbas continue to ignore the only force capable of managing the Gaza Strip?….And no less important: Is there still any point in boycotting Hamas or the Israel Defense Forces’ operations [...]

The op-eds were by Hamas’s Ahmed Yousef, and were attacked by the usual suspects - CAMERA, the Anti-Defamation League, the Zionist Organization of America.
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