Word: palestinians
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...diplomats meet at the United Nations this week to discuss the worsening financial crisis of the Palestinian Authority brought on by the Western blockade, a more pressing life-and-death situation seems to be developing on the ground...
...democratic elections has lately looked anything but peaceful. By refusing to deal with or fund a government led by Hamas, or even allow the transfer of funds from friendly Arab neighbors, the U.S. and the European Union have added to a morass of problems that have plunged the entire Palestinian Authority into crisis and given Fatah an opportunity to claw its way back into power - principally, for now, by sparking a conflict over the control and make-up of the Palestinian security forces...
...Many current and former PSA leaders - all Fatah members - had used their posts to establish lucrative networks and monopolies in Gaza and the West Bank, all of which was threatened by Hamas' anti-corruption campaign platform. So, says the Fatah official, "they want to take over the Palestinian Authority in Gaza. To achieve that, they need to make their own conflict with Hamas look like a conflict between Fatah as a whole and Hamas." Disorder serves their aims, but more worryingly, says the official, Abbas may believe disorder serves his aims as well, because it could undercut Hamas' assertions that...
...most sensitive issue, but it is not the only one. With oil at $70 a barrel, Russian egos have become as inflated as their reserve surplus, which now amounts to almost $60 billion last year. With part of that money, the Kremlin is contributing aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority, even when the Palestinians miserably failed to condemn the suicide attack in Israel during Passover. This approach (also favored, alas, by Iran) actively undermines the Western funding freeze designed to force Hamas to reject violence and recognize Israel. At the same time, the Kremlin-managed energy monopoly, Gazprom, attempts...
...Fatah was rejected by Palestinian voters because of its rampant corruption and its failure to bring tangible gains to the Palestinians. In the months since its drubbing at the polls, the movement has further discredited itself on the Palestinian street, where its gunmen are mounting attacks on both Israel and on Palestinian institutions in the hope of undermining the new Hamas government. The idea that Fatah can, in the near future, be voted back into power looks farfetched to close observers of Palestinian politics. Indeed, many fear that if the decision by the Islamists to enter democratic politics is thwarted...