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May 17, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/860681.html

Salvation in Occupation

[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - Hamas has won every confrontation since fighting started Sunday. Its military dominance and supremacy are clear. Hamas is conducting itself like a military organization: It moves its forces, positions snipers, uses light artillery (mortars, for example), sets up ambushes in strategic locations, and systematically targets Fatah's leadership in Gaza, based on hit lists it has drafted. Fatah's leadership vacuum is the main reason for the group's defeat in the current round. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is still not showing signs of leadership. Mohammed Dahlan managed to rally Fatah's loyalists during the previous round of fighting, but this round caught Dahlan hospitalized in Cairo following back surgery. The Gazans are repeating one clear message: only Israeli occupation will save them. There is no other solution on the horizon.

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