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...rockets don't stop, though, the borders will stay closed, and the Israelis will continue their artillery barrages. And as focused as Hamas must be on establishing international ties, it must also watch rival factions at home, particularly Fatah. Already Haniya's administration is sparring with President Mahmoud Abbas over control of Palestinian security forces. Resolving these problems will require a subtlety that so far seems in short supply. At a rally in Jabalya refugee camp on Friday, Haniya addressed a crowd of thousands, making no policy statements but instead trying to gird them for future struggles. "We are facing...
...MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, President of Iran, following his announcement that Iran had successfully enriched uranium...
...focused as Hamas must be on establishing international ties, it must also watch rival factions at home, particularly the party it ousted from power, Fatah. Already Haniya's administration is sparring with President Mahmoud Abbas, who belongs to Fatah, over control of Palestinian security forces. And it is not just Fatah. A member of Islamic Jihad who called himself Abu Aziz told TIME his cadres will continue firing homemade Qassam rockets into Israel...
Even if Hamas does not change, Hamas’ victory has already begun to transform the Fatah Party, a welcome development. Under Yasir Arafat and recently Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah Party presided over one of the most corrupt and incompetent organizations in the world. Arafat used the Palestinian Authority treasury as his personal cashbox to buy loyalty and to support a maze of security services. It is estimated that Arafat and his corrupt cronies pocketed almost half of the seven billion dollars in foreign aid contributed to the Palestinian Authority. Sadly, only ten percent of the Palestinian state budget ever...
...generation of government officials served, as did he, in the Revolutionary Guards? Baseej (?volunteer?) units during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s but explains that ?I stopped my military service years ago.? (The Baseej continue to be a major pillar of support for Iran?s hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.) The diplomat, however, suggested that Iran would prove a better partner and guarantor of Iraqi stability than...