Hamas's crushing defeat of Fatah in this week's elections brings the Palestinian people to a crossroads. An Islamist political party that previously abstained from national politics and rejects Fatah's policy of negotiations with Israel, is now in charge in Palestine.
In mid-2007, after Hamas seized control of the governing process from Fatah in Gaza, Israel imposed its notorious blockade that unlawfully restricted to subsistence levels, or below, the flow of food, medicine, and fuel.
Both before and during the November military escalation of the conflict, Palestinian armed groups associated with Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Salafist groups committed war crimes by firing indiscriminate rockets and mortar shells into Israel.
Meanwhile, a powerful blockade in the Iraqi parliament- the Fatah Coalition- insists on holding the United States” fully responsible“for the Israeli attacks,” which we consider a declaration of war against Iraq and its people.”.
Meanwhile, a powerful block in the Iraqi Parliament- the Fatah Coalition- insists on holding the US“fully responsible” for the Israeli attacks,“which we consider to be a declaration of war on Iraq and its people.”.
The situation, after the first clashes broke out the 7 April, seemed after a few days already'stabilized: a ceasefire seemed imminent, with the sending of two Islamist delegates in the areas controlled by Fatah.
Despite the complaints made by Washington to the news of the formation of the new Palestinian government, composed by the union of the two traditionally antagonistic forces: Fatah and Hamas, the United States have confirmed that they will continue to collaborate with this executive who will lead the Palestine.
Early Wednesday morning, 13 Israeli patrol cars and three military bulldozers arrived in the hamlet of Khirbet Tana, and demolished the tents and sheds recently re-built by residents, Ghassan Doughlas, the Fatah official charged with monitoring settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an.
The possible opening of the Rafah crossing on a regular basis falls within the framework of a rapprochement between Hamas and the Fatah faction linked to Dahlan with the support of Egypt, where in recent months there have been numerous meetings.
Gaza residents spending their first Ramadan under Hamas, which seized control of the territory in June, are bracing for clashes after Fatah and other Palestinian groups called for sunset street prayers despite a Hamas ban.
Hamas controls the Gaza Strip, but under conditions that we dictate, just as Fatah and the[Abbas's Palestinian Authority]"rule" in their pockets in the West Bank, in accordance with our conditions.
Following recent agreement between Fatah and Hamas, and in the run-up to a meeting of all Palestinian factions in Cairo on 21 November, the E U is continuing its support of current efforts to reunite Gaza and the West Bank under one single and legitimate Palestinian Authority.
The logical conclusion for an Israeli government seeking peace would have been to make wide-ranging concessions to the Fatah leadership: ending of the occupation, signing of a peace treaty, foundation of the State of Palestine, withdrawal to the 1967 borders, a reasonable solution of the refugee problem, release of all Palestinian prisoners.
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