nytimes.com - 1/15/2009
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The Palestinian Authority’s top party, Fatah, seems increasingly marginalized, even in the cities it controls. >
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah
activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation...
Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. They said the Hamas crackdown on Fatah intensified ...
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'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | ...
jpost.com - 1/12/2009
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jpost.com —
A Fatah official in Ramallah on Sunday launched
a scathing attack on Hamas and described its leaders...
as "criminals." Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on condition of anonymity, the Fatah official denounced Hamas as a "black and bloody militia" that was ...
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'Hamas a black and bloody militia' | Confronting Hamas | ...
jpost.com - 1/15/2009
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jpost.com —
The war against Hamas is taking place not
only in the Gaza Strip, but in the West...
Bank as well, Palestinians said on Thursday. Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority security forces, they noted, had stepped up their crackdown on Hamas supporters and ...
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Fatah cracks down on Hamas in W. Bank | Confronting ...
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Talking Points Memo —
... An immensely depressing article in the Times about how the Gaza war has marginalized and enfeebled the Palestinian Authority (essentially Fatah), even where it runs things in the West Bank. ...
One last "nobody could have anticipated" for the road
Rising Hegemon —
As ever, the Bush Administration went right along with the latest Olmertian dream of "bombing for peace" making the more moderate Palestinian Authority stronger. And when has such a plan actually worked? Yeah, not this time either: But with each day, the authority, its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and its leading party, Fatah, seem increasingly beleaguered and marginalized, even in the Palestinian cities of the West Bank, which they control. Protesters accuse Mr. Abbas of not doing enough to stop the carnage in Gaza — indeed, his own ...
One last “nobody could have predicted” for the road
Firedoglake —
... As ever, the Bush Administration went right along with the latest Olmertian dream of "bombing for peace" making the more moderate Palestinian Authority stronger.
And when has such a plan actually worked?
Yeah, not this time either: ...
Hullabaloo —
They Call It Blowback by dday Nobody could have anticipated that Israel couldn't bomb its way to peace with Palestine. Israel hoped that the war in Gaza would not only cripple Hamas, but eventually strengthen its secular rival, the Palestinian Authority, and even allow it to claw its way back into Gaza. But with each day, the authority, its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and its leading party, Fatah, seem increasingly beleaguered and marginalized, even in the Palestinian cities of the West Bank, which they control. Protesters ...
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