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...charged upwards of $25 a day for a chair and patch of sun, sunblock not included. And Mayor Kortzidis is not alone in fighting back: In recent weeks, Italian protesters have been walking directly through concession areas without paying to get to the beach, a 16-foot strip of which, under Italian law, must be open to all. In Greece, similar legislation also calls for 160 feet of open access space along the country's shoreline, a rule defied by most beachfront entrepreneurs who fence off the beach in front of their establishments and charge an entrance...
After dithering while his Hamas rivals conquered the Gaza strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday took two decisions that underscored his ineffectuality: first, he gave permission for his Fatah fighters to strike back - four days late. By the time Abbas issued the orders, his men were either being paraded through the streets in their underwear, or being executed...
...second decision - to dissolve the Fatah-Hamas coalition government and declare a state of emergency - was already a foregone conclusion. Hamas are the new owners of Gaza strip, with over 1.5 million Palestinians under their Islamist sway, and there is nothing that Abbas can do about it. Gaza is lost to Abbas, who is supported by the Bush Administration and Israel. All the beleaguered Palestinian leader can do now is consolidate his hold on the West Bank territories, where his Fatah forces are stronger than those of Hamas. On Thursday, the Fatah militias rounded up 30 Hamas cadres...
...dangerous entities: the West Bank under Abbas' chaotic organization and weak leadership, and Gaza under Hamas - an organization pledged to destroy the Jewish state. So far, the Israelis have ruled out any offensive against Gaza's new rulers, but the military has sealed off the 30-mile-long strip's access by air, sea and land. Defense Minister Amir Peretz declared that Israel would not allow the violence in Gaza to spill over into attacks on southern Israel, and the Israelis have plenty of ways to strike back. Not only can they target Hamas installations and leaders with precision...
...fighters of Hamas are better organized and motivated than those of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah organization, and by the second day of fighting they had seized the advantage, flushing Fatah militants out of security posts and installations throughout the Gaza Strip. Doctors reported that in the last 24 hours, 21 Palestinians have been killed and another 120 wounded in the fighting. Both Hamas and Fatah have vowed to kill each other's political and military leaders, and have tried to do so with a vengance. Twice in the past 48 hours, Fatah members shelled the home of Hamas leader...