Abbas vs. Hamas
Fellowship of the minds
The Palestinian cabinet will tender resignations on Monday after which Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will select new ministers at the request of President Mahmoud Abbas, political sources said.
The shake-up, disclosed to Reuters on Sunday, was long demanded by Fayyad and some in Abbas’s Fatah faction. It follows the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to a popular revolt that has set off reform calls throughout the Arab world.
While this started as a political move to pre-empt any populist uprising a la Egypt, it seems to be turning into a chance to wrench some power away from Hamas. There was supposed to be an election last summer that got “canceled” at the last minute as Hamas stubbornly held on to its power.
Hamas is not amused by this new move. The Jerusalem Post reports it threatened to boycott the results of any election it doesn’t approve of. Prime Minister Fayyad wants to hold a municipal election in July and then a Cabinet election in September.
He has until then to bring Hamas around.
-Candance
My note:
Of course there is now panic among the Palestinian Authority - they see what is happening in Egypt and heard the U.S. president betray the President of Egypt. No one is "safe" and leaders are all asking themselves, if it happened in Egypt, who will be next on the chopping block?!
The United States has backed the PA's and Abbas AFTER Hamas won the elections in Gaza and overthrew Abbas. America has poured billions into the PA system, pushing Israel's back to the wall, as first Bush, then Obama, has allowed U.S. military training of the Palestinians and billions of dollars in aid to support the PA's ... why, Clinton was "happy" to gift $940 MILLION to Gaza Palestinians when Obama first took office.
The Arabs are restless ... who will be next to fall? What terrorist organization will gain from the toppling of their neighboring uprising's throughout the ME? ... Word is out that Egypt will become the next Iran, with its beheading's, chopping off of limbs, and worse torture than the Egyptians ever witnessed under Murbarak. Don't believe me, please do some research. And, note that today, Egypt has announced that they will not honor the Camp David accord with Israel ... the drumbeat of future wars are thumping faster than I can type ...
Bee Sting
