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Fatah authorizes unity gov't with Hamas
2006-08-26
Top leaders of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party on Saturday gave Abbas the go-ahead to begin forming a unity government with Hamas in an effort to end internal feuding and international isolation, a party member said. The Fatah Central Committee gave Abbas "all the powers to begin consultations with all the national factions in order to form a national unity government," Fatah member Hani al-Hassan said.

The central committee's meetings, which began Wednesday, were the first gathering of its kind since the party's stunning defeat by Hamas in parliamentary elections held in January. Hamas, which heads the Palestinian government, has since been marginalized by the international community and has come under a crippling economic boycott for refusing to recognize Israel. Abbas believes that forming a coalition will force Hamas to moderate its anti-Israel stance and help open the way for the renewal of broader peace talks. "The problem is not between Fatah and Hamas as it is portrayed by some, it is how to save the Palestinian national project and face the current crisis," al-Hassan said.

This assertion, as well as claims of a unity government agreement, have been rejected by some members of the Palestinian parliament. "There is no discussion of a unity Palestinian government, except for the discussion in the media," said Palestinian parliament member, Mahmoud Dahlan in an interview with "Haaretz" in Gaza. According to Dahlan, there is no real attempt from the part of the government or factions to a get the Palestinians out of their current crisis.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian anti-Rice feeling peaks
2006-08-02
Anti-American sentiment has been running high in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israel-Hizbullah war three weeks ago. Aside from burning US flags and praising the insurgency in Iraq, demonstrators have also been directing much of their criticism toward US Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice, who visited Israel and Ramallah recently in a bid to resolve the crisis in Lebanon.

Rice's visit to Ramallah, where she met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, was accompanied by calls for a general strike in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as articles and cartoons depicting her as a "black raven" and "child murderer." Shortly before Rice's heavily-guarded motorcade entered Ramallah, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the center of the city, calling on Abbas to boycott her and strongly denouncing the US for its bias toward Israel. PA policemen used force to disperse the protesters, some of whom carried placards featuring Rice as a raven preying on the corpse of children.

“Fatah officials openly expressed their backing for Hizbullah and urged the Arab countries to join the battle against Israel...”
On Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Ramallah in one of the biggest shows of solidarity with Hizbullah. The rally was organized by Fatah and other factions. During the rally, Fatah officials openly expressed their backing for Hizbullah and urged the Arab countries to join the battle against Israel. Hani al-Hassan, a top Fatah leader closely associated with Abbas, declared that his party had instructed all its armed men to be prepared to fight against Israel. Calling on Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah to bomb Tel Aviv, many protesters also chanted slogans against Rice and the US. "O Condaleezza, you are a condara [shoe]," shouted a group of Fatah activists. An elderly woman yelled: "Shame on you, Condaleezza, your parents were slaves for the whites!"
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Israel-Palestine
Palestinian Festivities May Be About To Commence
2004-11-11
DEBKAfile's Palestinian sources report extremist PLO politburo chief Farouk Kaddoumi is challenging legitimacy of interim regime. He claims he is rightful PLO chairman after Arafat's death — not Abbas. Self-exiled in protest against 1993 Oslo Peace accords, Kaddoumi is promised Hizballah support for a fresh wave of terrorist violence starting during Arafat funeral. Hizballah chairman Hassan Nasrallah schedules an inflammatory speech to mark event. Last Friday, Kaddoumi forwarded funds to Fatah-Tanzim's al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades for mob clashes with Israeli troops and spectacular terrorist attacks. His supporters in Ramallah PLO, Hani al Hassan, Azzem Ahmed, Abbas Zaki and Saher Habash, have failed to broker an amicable arrangement with Abbas.
Let the bloodbath begin.
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Israel-Palestine
This just in: General Franco still dead, Arafish still not
2004-10-24
Six Tunisian doctors arrived in Ramallah Saturday night amid growing concern for the health of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. On Friday night, Arafat's aides summoned the Tunisian representative to Ramallah and requested that the Tunisian government urgently send a medical team to examine Arafat. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom approved the Tunisian government's request to send the medical team to Ramallah. According to the officials, Arafat is in "good health" and was even continuing to observe Ramadan by fasting from dawn to dusk, contrary to his doctor's advice. Hani al-Hassan, a top Fatah leader closely associated with Arafat, dismissed reports that Arafat was seriously ill as "Israeli propaganda."
"Zionist lies, all zionist lies!"
The news about Arafat's failing health coincides with reports about a new crisis between him and PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, who is again threatening to resign. Palestinian sources said Qurei was frustrated with Arafat because of the latter's refusal to relinquish some of his authority. According to the sources, Qurei is planning to quit after the US elections and may be replaced with Foreign Minister Nabil Sha'ath. Qurei is also facing growing opposition in the Palestinian Legislative Council, which is planning a no-confidence vote against his cabinet next week.
Are those shark fins I see circling in the distance?
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Israel-Palestine
Fatah splinter group calls for killing Arafat
2004-08-22
A leaflet distributed over the weekend by a hitherto unknown group called Fatah — The Reformist Path called for replacing the Palestinian leadership and threatened to liquidate Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and many of his top aides.
Sounds good to me, as long as the Israelis don't do it. But I doubt it it'll happen. It's makes too much sense...
It's not clear who stands behind the leaflet, but some senior PA officials have pointed a blaming finger at former security minister Muhammad Dahlan. They said that when Arafat saw the leaflet, he cancelled a meeting planned with Dahlan last week.
He exploded with anger?
Dahlan has strongly denied responsibility for the leaflet, arguing that it was yet another attempt by his rivals to drive a wedge between him and Arafat.
"Nope. Nope. Wudn't me. Everybody knows how much I love the old bastard..."
This is the first time that a leaflet signed by a Fatah affiliated group calls for eliminating Arafat. Most Fatah leaders and activists who have been demanding reforms and an end to corruption in the PA have refrained from attacking Arafat personally, directing their anger instead at top officials in the PA chairman's entourage.
Even though Yasser's the problem, not the solution...
The leaflet, which is seen as yet another sign of growing tensions among the top brass of the PA, launched a scathing attack on a number of veteran Fatah leaders and PA officials, accusing them of stealing funds, lying, and collaboration with Israel. Among those mentioned are Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, Interior Minister Hakam Balawi, Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, Fatah Central Committee members Hani al-Hassan, Abbas Zakariya al-Agha, and Sakher Habash, as well as Arafat and former PA prime minister Mahmoud Abbas. "They are all standing as an obstacle to development and are a heavy burden on Fatah," the pamphlet said. "They must all go away before they are killed, and we mean what we say."
"And we're Arabs, so you can count on that!"
It called for dissolving the Fatah Central Committee, which is dominated by veteran Arafat loyalists and for the establishment of an emergency leadership consisting of representatives of the young generation. The leaflet also called for forming criminal and political courts to try all those who have abused their power and embezzled public funds.
That'll happen when Yasser's decomposing, but not before...
One of the Fatah leaders whose name appeared in the leaflet told The Jerusalem Post that he was convinced that Israel and the US were behind it.
"Yup. Has to be them. Nobody in Paleostine can see the elephant in the living room."
"Israel and Washington are playing a filthy game with us," he charged. "Unfortunately, they have found some Palestinian puppets to assist them in their scheme."
Yep. We keep playing those filthy games. We should stick to baseball and lacrosse and leave them to their own amusements...
Another Fatah official said he did not rule out the possibility that Dahlan and some of his followers in the Gaza Strip were behind the leaflet. "Now that it is clear that Dahlan has failed in his campaign against the legitimate leadership of the Palestinian people, he is resorting to these cheap methods of slander and bad-mouthing, he added." Sources in Ramallah said the timing of the leaflet was "suspicious" because it came on the eve of a planned reconciliation between Arafat and Dahlan. The two were set to meet last week for the first time since Arafat aides accused Dahlan of launching a campaign to overthrow the PA leadership. Arafat called off the meeting after the leaflet was distributed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, a source close to Arafat said on Saturday that the long-awaited meeting could still take place sometime this week.
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Israel-Palestine
Arafat OK With Hamas in New Group
2004-04-05
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is prepared to include the militant Hamas group in a new Palestinian leadership organization that would function alongside the Palestinian Authority, a Palestinian newspaper reported Monday.
Another group added to the alphabet soup...
The Al Ayyam daily, which is close to Arafat's Fatah faction, said Arafat was willing to include Hamas and Islamic Jihad, another militant organization, in a unified leadership group, though it did not specify what the group's function would be.
Blowing buses is my guess...
In the past Palestinian Authority officials have said they would be willing to cooperate with Hamas if it recognized the authority's leadership. Hamas has so far not responded to the proposals.
On the other hand, now they're under new management...
Al Ayyam quoted Fatah Central Committee member Hani al-Hassan as saying the new leadership group could easily coexist alongside the existing leadership structure. "Forming a unified Palestinian leadership does not contradict the Palestinian Authority as it is an internal Palestinian factional issue," it quoted him as saying. Arafat's critics have accused him of being an autocratic leader, unwilling to share power with his prime minister and refusing to groom a successor. Over the past several days, the Palestinian Authority has been holding meetings with Palestinian militant groups on how to run the Gaza Strip after a possible Israeli withdrawal. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party says he is committed to a complete withdrawal. Hamas has so far not agreed to cooperate with the Palestinian Authority in running Gaza.
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Middle East
Arafat approves plan to overhaul Fatah
2003-07-12
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has endorsed a plan to overhaul the Fatah movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials in Ramallah disclosed Thursday. They said the changes are aimed at reorganizing Fatah and replacing many of its veteran operatives. The move is seen by some officials as an attempt by Arafat to tighten his grip on Fatah and flush out activists who appear to have shifted their loyalty to PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and his Minister of State for Security, Muhammed Dahlan. According to one official, Arafat has allocated $1.5 million for the plan. He said former Minister of Interior Hani al-Hassan, who is a senior Fatah leader, has been entrusted with the mission of overseeing the changes. Earlier this week, Arafat named Hassan as "general commissioner" of Fatah in the West Bank and asked him to cancel a number of bodies belonging to the movement, especially the Higher Committee Movement, which consists of representatives representing the young generation in Fatah. Some of these activists are among the harshest critics of Arafat and the PA leadership.
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Middle East
Arafat outmaneuvers Abbas on Roadmap
2003-05-05
EFL - any surprise here? Arafat's a survivor - unfortunately for the Paleos and the Israelis
Five different Palestinian Authority security organizations, including Force 17 and the General Intelligence, remain under the direct command of Chairman Yasser Arafat - and this can be seen as the first substantial breach of one of the important security clauses of the U.S. road map for a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A complaint along these lines has been relayed to the Americans and the matter is now a central talking point between Israeli officials and U.S. representatives. The road map explicitly stipulates that Palestinian security organizations will be combined into three services that report to the PA interior minister. The reorganization following the appointment of Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) as PA prime minister have produced a very different arrangement. The PA security organization's seven separate mechanisms have not been reduced to three. The Interior Ministry where Mohammed Dahlan is minister for state affairs has authority over just two security organizations - the counter-intelligence apparatus and the uniformed police. Arafat remains in charge of five different security organizations - General Intelligence, the National Security Forces, Force 17, Military Intelligence and the naval forces.
What do the naval forces do? Oh yeah, I remember, the Karine A
To place his five organizations under something of a new and separate command, Arafat has set up a new body, the National Security Council, in which the PA chairman's close associate and former PA interior minister Hani al-Hassan has a central role. Clearly this is a false reorganization that is designed to leave things as they were and allow Arafat to retain separate and independent military powers, far from the watchful eye of Abu Mazen. A number of the organizations under Arafat - Force 17, for example - have been directly involved in acts of terrorism. As far as Israel is concerned, these organizations have been terror groups for all intents and purposes, and many of Israel's reprisals have been directed against them. The redistribution will weigh heavy on Israel's security cooperation with Abu Mazen's government.
It will also, the Roadmap notwithstanding, give Abbas an opportunity to get a part of the Paleo security organizations clean, while the IDF goes on thumping the Yasserite part...
It's clear that if this reorganization received the Palestinian Legislative Council's stamp of approval, Arafat will get a special budget to maintain his security organizations, just as the organizations under Abu Mazen and Dahlan will receive budgets. Agreements with the counter-intelligence organization will be put into question because alongside it there are Palestinian security organizations over which the PA Interior Ministry and Mohammed Dahlan will have no say, further compounding the problem when it comes to facing off against Hamas, Islamic Jihad or the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which are armed with illegal weapons. Abu Mazen and Dahlan will also face a tough problem in that the PA will play host to another five armies over which they have no power. Under such circumstances, Abu Mazen's chances of eradicating terror are very slim.
Yasser's just shuffling the deck chairs on the Lusitania
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Middle East
Naming of Palestinian Government Delayed
2003-04-10
The newly appointed Palestinian prime minister delayed naming his government Wednesday because of a dispute with Yasser Arafat over who should be in charge of the region's security forces.
Heh, I wonder what the dispute is about.
Prime minister-designate Mahmoud Abbas' delay came amid renewed violence, as five Palestinians, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed during clashes with Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, two Israelis were killed in a shooting attack near the settlement of Bekaot in the northern West Bank, the army said. Soldiers fatally shot the two gunmen, who apparently were Esquimaux Palestinians, military officials said on condition of anonymity.
Apparently? If they weren't wearing mukluks I think we can safely guess who these two hard boys were.
The choice for the post of interior minister could determine the credibility of a new government, which Western mediators and Israel hope will crack down on Palestinian militants. Abbas favors former Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan, who also is backed by international mediators and is seen as likely to try to rein in militants.
So that he can put his own thugs in charge, of course.
Arafat wants to retain his longtime aide Hani al-Hassan, who has served as interior minister for months but has made no serious move toward reforms.
But he's Yasser's boy! Doesn't that count for something?
Forming the new Cabinet is a condition for the publication of a U.S.-backed ``road map'' to Palestinian statehood. Arafat said a new Cabinet likely would be named by Saturday, despite the extension.
Otherwise he'll just kill Abbas and take charge.
Abbas asked Arafat on Wednesday for a two-week extension and Arafat agreed, said Arafat flack aide Nabil Abu Rdeneh. Abbas had been expected to name the Cabinet on Thursday. In an apparent reflection of the incoming premier's positive image, Abbas and Arafat met Wednesday with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, the first senior government minister to visit Arafat since Israel destroyed most of his compound last year.
Birds of a feather. Joschka may want to forget his Red past, but we won't.
Israel had urged Fischer not to meet with the Palestinian leader. Israel and the United States have refused to meet with Arafat, charging that he is implicated in terrorism. Fischer said Germany supported the road map, which calls for statehood by 2005 and was developed several months ago by the so-called ``Quartet'' of the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.
Wonder if Abbas has been watching TV lately?
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Middle East
Well that was quick - Paleo factions reject 1-year truce
2003-02-22
Several Palestinian factions rejected Saturday a proposal to stop terrorist attacks against Israel for one year and vowed to continue their fight until the Palestinians achieve all their goals.
Until the last expendable cannon fodder is dead
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Fatah's armed wing, Aksa Martyrs' Brigades, said in separate statements that they plan to step up their attacks against Israel in response to an initiative calling for a one-year truce with Israel. The initiative was announced Friday by Mahmoud Abbas, the PLO's No. 2, during an official visit to Russia.
Sounds like Fatah's politico wing and armed wing are on different pages?
Palestinian Minister of Local Government Saeb Erakat confirmed Saturday that the Palestinian leadership had decided on a one-year "demilitarisation" of the intifada.
maybe he meant they wouldn't wear uniforms? Doh!
"The Palestinian leadership and Fatah accept a year-truce, which was outlined at recent inter-Palestinian talks in Cairo - Abbas was just reiterating this point," Erakat said, referring to a proposal turned down by Hamas and Islamic Jihad during talks in Egypt in January. The document called for a one-year freeze on anti-Israeli operations to allow the peace process to resume on the basis of the roadmap plan drafted by the Quartet, which envisions, among other things, a Palestinian state by 2005.
in the "lost quarter" of Saudi Arabia...wear your sand tires fellahs
Abbas said in Moscow that the Palestinian leadership has decided to "demilitarize" the intifada for one year as a step towards implementing the road map plan. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon "wants neither security nor peace, but we must not play his game and give him the pretext to continue attacks on the Palestinian people," Abbas said after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov.
Sounds like the current roundup and whackings of the Hamas honchos is working
"That is why the Palestinian leadership has decided to demilitarize the intifada for one year," he added, pointing out that the Palestinians agree with all points of the road map plan.
It's a nice road map - Michelin produced it...they're a french company, don't ya know?
A senior Palestinian official told The Jerusalem Post that Abbas's announcement was coordinated in advance with PA Chairman Yasser Arafat. Asked why Arafat hasn't himself come out in public to demand an end to the use of firearms against Israel, the official said, "The President has repeatedly condemned terror, but Israel bears the responsibility for the deterioration of Yasser because of its military actions. How can Arafat call on Palestinians to stop the resistance when the Israelis are killing people every day."
Especially when he can't stop the quivering and drooling , and can't put two sentences together? Thank God for Babywipes
Hamas spokesman Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantisi told reporters in Gaza City Saturday that his movement will ignore Abbas's call for a cease-fire and will continue to launch attacks against "the Zionist enemy."
We have a new fleet of model airplanes coming in this weekend
He added: "The armed struggle will continue for as long as the occupation continues. We will continue to fire Kassam rockets for as long as the Israeli aggression against our people continues.
One of these days we'll really hit something important, and the Zionists will crush us like bugs. That's what we're fighting for....
The Islamic Jihad issued a statement vowing to escalate its terrorist attacks against Israel to thwart any attempt to reach a cease-fire. The Aksa Martyrs Brigades also said in a statement that its members plan to resume their terrorist attacks inside the Green Line. The group said it considers as null and void understandings reached last week with Palestinian Minister of Interior Hani al Hassan, according to which it would suspend its attacks on Israel.
Sounds like the start of the Paleo civil war
The groups cited ongoing IDF operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the killing of 15 Palestinians in the past few days as the main reason for its refusal to stop terrorist attacks. In Damascus which is temporarily a safe haven from which they can make tough threats, the PFLP strongly condemned Abbas's initiative, saying, "The intifada and the armed resistance are acts of self-defense" on behalf of the Palestinians. The group added that Abbas's statements don't reflect the will of the Palestinian people, who want the intifada to continue.
Yep, sides are being taken - the Paleo self-destruction starts its' logical endgame
The hard-line positions of the Palestinian factions are expected to reflect negatively on efforts to resume inter-Palestinian talks in Cairo. The consultations, which are aimed at reaching a joint strategy on the future of the intifada, are expected to resume this week.
For what it's worth
On Friday, tens of thousands of angry Palestinians marched in the Gaza City funeral procession of a Hamas militant, vowing revenge after a week of violence in which 30 Palestinians were killed.
If Sharon were as blood thirsty as they believe, that group of spittle-spewing ululating nutcases would be a smoking hole in the bazaar pavement
"[Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon, prepare the coffins," mourners yelled through loudspeakers. "Revenge is coming soon, in Tel Aviv and Jaffa."
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Sharon Met Senior Palestinians in Secret
2003-02-08
Israeli media disclosed that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon held secret talks with two senior Palestinian officials before and after last month's general elections. Channel One of the Israeli public TV said Sharon held his first meeting with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's PLO deputy, Mahmud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, before his Likud party won the general elections last month. A second meeting was held on Wednesday, February 5, at Sharon's ranch in the southern Negev desert with the speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Ahmed Qorei, also known as Abu Ala.
Everybody's got an alias... I think I'll use "Captain Bloodblister." Whaddya think?
The channel also said that Israeli Chief of Staff Dov Weisglass and U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer, also attended the talks. According to the channel, Weisglass held talks with Palestinian Interior Minister Hani al-Hassan Wednesday. It cited sources close to the government as saying more such meetings were expected in the near future. The talks, which apparently came about under pressure from the U.S. administration, centered on the possibility of a ceasefire and efforts to strengthen the Palestinian Authority.
They want Yasser and crew to hang on for awhile, since Hamas has decided they'd like to be in charge. They'd just like it to happen without Yasser. Yasser, of course, doesn't want to go...
According to Israeli reports, Sharon's secret talks were aimed at improving the climate in the Arab world for U.S. efforts to gain support for a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. On January 30, 2002, Sharon met with Arafat's economic adviser, Mohammad Rashid. Sharon has said several times he was holding secret talks with the Palestinians, despite the fact his government and the United States have actively tried to have Arafat sidelined.
Probably any substantive talks they have will concern getting Yasser lined still further to the side.
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Fatah: Kibbutz Metzer attack was a mistake
2002-11-11
From Ha'aretz:
The Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigades of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement claimed responsibility for the attack, in which a gunman cut through the security fence meant to shield the kibbutz from the adjacent West Bank. Within minutes, he had slipped into a nearby house, where he took point blank aim at two children sleeping in their beds, also killing the mother of the boys, Matan, 4, and Noam, 5.

Before making his escape into the darkness of the agricultural backyard of the village, he also gunned down a woman strolling nearby, and traded fire with and shot dead the secretary of the kibbutz, the communal village's most senior official.
The Palestinian Authority condemned Monday morning the deadly attack on Kibbutz Metzer in which five Israelis were killed, and one source in PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah party called the attack a "mistake."
Killing civilians, including a couple little kids, might be termed a "mistake," yeah...
"Harming Israeli and Palestinian civilians and turning them into targets of terror attacks is disgraceful," a statement issued by the PA said.
Putting it mildly...
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, which is linked to Fatah, claimed responsibility for the shooting attack.
They're "linked" to Fatah, but apparently aren't paying any more attention to anything Yasser says than anybody else is...
The PA statement condemned the attack on Kibbutz Metzer, inside the Green Line, but added that at the same time Israeli tanks and helicopters were killing Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority offered its condolences to the families of the victims, and called on the Israeli public to take steps to stop the "Israeli war machine."
The "Israeli war machine" operates as it does because of things just like this. ("Cause? Effect? They're related?")
In private talks, Fatah officials condemned the attack. According to the officials, the Fatah organization has clear political guidelines that oppose terror attacks inside the Green Line. "There is no doubt it was a mistake," one of the officials said.
Thought they were in New Jersey, did they?
Last week the newly-appointed Interior Minister Hani al Hassan, who is in charge of the Palestinian security apparatus and Fatah, said that he objects to terror attacks inside the Green Line, but said he could understand attacks against Israeli occupation and the settlers.
"What's a few dead infidels? There's no other way to achieve our political goals than killing them, right?... Talks? Discussions? Negotiations?... Nah. That'd never work."
Arafat said Monday that the perpetrators of the attacks wanted to sabotage the dialogue taking place in Cairo between Fatah and Hamas in an attempt to stop suicide bombings inside Israel. Arafat said that he would establish a committee to examine whether the perpetrators of the attack were indeed Fatah members.
Establishing a committee is much more effective than arresting them and giving them one of those famous PA trials...
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