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ABDUL SATTAR KASIM Political scientist at An-Najah National University in Nablus Palestinians want to see an end to the corruption and chaos that we have felt for the past few years. There has been so much damage to the ethical and social fabric of our people that it's going to take time to rebuild. But Hamas is not going to work to the timetable of the international community--I mean Israel and the U.S. It has its own timetable and priorities. At the same time, I hope Hamas will not cut all threads to past negotiations. I hope...
...like fighting graft and getting a grip on the many Palestinian security organizations. "The international community wants to know what Hamas thinks about Israel and the U.S., but Hamas wants to work to its own timetable," says Abdul Sattar Kasim, a political scientist at An-Najah National University in Nablus. "They want to build a new Palestinian society. They're not going to talk about the road map. They're going to talk about the rights of Palestinian refugees. They're not going to talk about the security of Israel. They're going to talk about Palestinian security...
...recent municipal elections in major West Bank towns were swept by Hamas, largely as an expression of protest by traditional Fatah supporters against the corruption of the leadership-Nablus, for example, used to be a Fatah stronghold; Hamas won 11 of the 13 seats on its local council. We may see a similar phenomenon in parliamentary elections. I would break down the likely vote in this way: 5 percent of voters will go to the polls to express their support for the Popular Front, Democratic Front and other organizations of the Left; 20 percent of voters will...
...slogans has led to a desire for leaders who want merely to secure a better economic future. Artists similarly discontented with politics are turning to more personal themes. "The old period of nationalist art was a big lie," says Khalid Hijazi, a painting instructor at An-Najah University in Nablus who mentors many new artists. "The political picture in Palestine is confused, so artists take refuge in their personal concerns." The new style doesn't appeal to older artists. Karim Dabbah, a 68-year-old painter from Ramallah, argues that Palestinian political art "defended a noble idea. New artists...
...mechanic until he is chosen to undertake a suicide bombing, which he volunteered for long before. Said comes across not as a news-article composite but as a believable, mixed-up young man. In the U.S. he might have been the star of a coming-of-age story; in Nablus he ends up with a bomb taped to his chest...