"A declaration of principles is designed to give the Palestinians the "political horizon" they have demanded. The negotiators will not attempt to solve the core issues of final borders, Jerusalem and refugees at this stage."

"Political horizon", that's a new one.

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First they will try to bribe the Palestinians, if that does not work, they are going to start exterminating everything that moves in Gaza: "Mr Bush called the present time "a moment of clarity for all Palestinians. And now comes a moment of choice." To encourage them to choose Fatah over Hamas, he promised an increase in aid to the Fatah president, Mahmoud Abbas, and a separate donor conference that would include Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan."

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"Israel is resisting US pressure to ease restrictions on movement in the West Bank ahead of a meeting aimed at bolstering the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas."
Oh go on you Israelis..they've been such good puppets too....What's that? Okaay? Awww...you guys!!

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" In a gesture of support for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, Egypt has organized a summit meeting in which he will meet with President Hosni Mubarak and the Jordanian and Israeli leaders."

Who said puppets have no feeling towards one another?

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"US,Israel vow to support Abbas"

I can't put my finger on it, but something is wrong about this headline. Does anybody know what it could be?

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What shall we bet that the United States, Israel and the European Union are now absolutely thrilled with the schism in the Palestinian government? They now have Hamas isolated in the Gaza strip while their favourite poodle Abbas now runs the West Bank. The news media is already shaping future frameworks for discussion and perception with Haniyah's replacement being touted as a "much respected economist". So a government of "moderates" is now going to be setup and, with Western assistance, will be touted as a model of good governance and economic development thanks to the immense funding it will receive. The entire Palestinian population of Gaza will be left to rot in degrading conditions, ostensibly Hamas will be blamed for radicalising them and for the condition they are in.

The White Man doesn't kill people. He just cuts off their food, water, electricity, and even air. It's not his problem they are dying if they won't surrender to him.

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"What they did not say, but what was understood by all Gazans, was that the leadership of Hamas has a more personal grudge against the deeply unpopular Dahlan. Specifically, they blamed him for ordering a series of killings of members of Hamas that in their view had fuelled the cycle of violence that stepped up after Hamas swept Fatah from power in January last year."

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Abbas looking very tired.

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"In scenes reminiscent of Baghdad after the fall of Saddam Hussein, hundreds of people swarmed through the unoccupied house of Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan, after his neighbourhood fell to Hamas, stripping everything, including windows, doors and flowerpots. "

(Picture from AngryArab)

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"Fatah forces, although more numerous than Hamas, have been crumbling under the assault by their better-armed and better-disciplined opponents."


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" "It seems they don't want to come. We must make them ashamed of themselves. They have killed all hope. They have killed the future." " (I've pinched the picture off of Angryarab)








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"Security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seeking Israeli permission to import anti-tank missiles, grenades and other weapons to shore them up in their battle against Hamas, Israeli and Palestinian security officials said yesterday. "

I wonder if Israel will grant the permission? Hmm...Seriously, would it? Hmm

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"Although the US and Israel have openly supported Fatah in the fight by supplying money, equipment and training to its top military commander in Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, the Israelis insist that the daily air and artillery attacks on Hamas targets are designed to halt rocket attacks on the small Israeli towns that ring the walled-off Gaza Strip, a narrow sliver of land jammed with nearly 1.5 million Palestinians.
Hamas officials retort that Israel was supporting Fatah, whose fighters appear to be out-gunned, out-trained and out-led by their Hamas rivals. By midweek, Abu Obaida, spokesman for the Hamas military wing, declared an end to the tattered Hamas ceasefire with Israel."

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"Israel has allowed Egypt to deliver a large consignment of guns and ammunition to shore up the presidential guard of the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in his battle against Hamas, it was revealed yesterday." Abbas was allowed these after promising that the weapons would only be used on other Palestinians and not against Israel. Next stop, Egypt will be allowed nuclear weapons on the assurances it can only be used against Iran and it's allies...

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The situation in the Occupied Territories is deteriorating dramatically with Fatah and Hamas going head to head, neither seems to be ready to back down. I knew that the Palestinian PM's speeches and visit to Iran would not go unpunished and his return with over 30 million dollars to pay government employees was stopped at the border crossing. In case anybody was wondering, those who stopped him were not lowly Israeli army NCO's. On the contrary, it was Fatah gunmen, watched approvingly from closed circuit cameras that wire back to Israel's own "Situations room".

As usual the Palestinian's are fighting onwards, but in the wrong direction....

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