'Hamas a black and bloody militia'

[Fozzledick]

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

A Fatah official in Ramallah on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Hamas and described its leaders as "criminals."

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on condition of anonymity, the Fatah official denounced Hamas as a "black and bloody militia" that was responsible for the "catastrophe" in the Gaza Strip.

The official warned that failure to crush Hamas completely would undermine Fatah and pave the way for the collapse of moderate Arab regimes.

He said that Hamas was fighting on behalf of Iran and Syria - the only two countries that have been supplying the movement with weapons and money.

"The Iranians and Syrians are using Hamas to undermine the Palestinian Authority and other moderate Arab governments," the Fatah official told the Post. "Victory for Hamas in this war would mean victory for Iran, Syria and Hizbullah. This is something we need to prevent."

The official expressed hope that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would revolt against Hamas when the IDF operation ended. He also expressed hope that Hamas leaders Mahmoud Zahar and Ismail Haniyeh would be tried before a Palestinian court as "war criminals." The Hamas leaders, he charged, were responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent Palestinians. "Ever since they came to power, they brought death and destruction to our people."

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424929296&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[Hydra]

1. Oh, bad move...

Fatah should have kept their mouth shut rather than passing on an Israeli press release.

I can't wait to see how this plays out.

:popcorn:

[Fozzledick]

3. Gee, do ya think Hamas might be miffed?

I mean, they're like such good buddies, ya know?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. Its far from the first time its been said

[Chulanowa]

6. I can tell you how

Israel will eventually either A) complete the asswhupping, or B) withdraw.

If A, Fatah takes over despite the Gazans having told them to go to hell in 2005. Thus we see a government in Gaza resisted by the citizens there, moreso because Fatah has demonstrated that it's willing to cheer for Israel while Gazans are dying, in order to further its own politics.

If B), Hamas will turn inward and begin trying to purge Fatah from Gaza as collaborators, resulting in nasty fighting between Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.

[oberliner]

10. The Gazans did not tell Fatah to go to hell in 2005

Fatah won several seats in Gaza - including 3 out of the 3 seats that were up for vote in Rafah.

[ohio2007]

13. Hamas told Fatah to go to hell in 2005 and now

Hamas is handing the IDF their asses in this fight

Hamas in Gaza declares victory over Israel "close"

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"We confirm to our people that victory is closer than ever," the statement read.


snip
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE50B5H920090112

you can fool some of the people all of the time.
You can fool all of the people some of the time
but,

these guys are stepping up the propaganda that I doubt their own people are going to swallow this time.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

15. Hamas was purging Fatah ever since they took over Gaza

Mixed reports were posted here of Fatah fighters being released to help and Fatah fighters being wounded so they could not participate in a counter-coup. Nothing recent on it one way or the other.

[Alamuti Lotus]

2. Anonymous statements are awesome

It's amazing how what this anonymous spokesbot has to say is exactly what comes from the enemy government.. uncanny!

[azurnoir]

5. An anonymus spokesbot who's party is due to

inherit the remains of Gaza and all straight from the keyboard of abu Toameh jposts house Arab

[Alamuti Lotus]

7. if even remotely real, probably Dahlan

that little gangstwhore is still stinging from his total defeat a couple years back.

[oberliner]

11. Dahlan: We won't return to Gaza on back of Israeli action

Cairo - Mohammed Dahlan, a senior official of the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected insinuations in some Arab media that his group would return to power in the Gaza Strip on the heels of the Israeli incursion against the rival group Hamas.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1451599.php/Dahlan_We_wont_return_to_Gaza_on_back_of_Israeli_action_

[bstender]

8. an anonymous Hamas official

also stated that they were "killing their own children and taking pictures of them to show the brutality of Israeli bombardment to the world ", justifying this by saying that "this is what would have happened anyway if Israel had not started using the latest missile technology designed to identify children and deploy air bags around them prior to detonation".

[Name removed]

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[Fozzledick]

12. Or maybe he's just angry enough to speak the truth

[iconicgnom]

14. I just love the "condition of anonymity".

It's so cool, a reporter can make up any kind of shit. And there'll be masses of people who'll believe it, even when it's an "anonymous Fatah official" being quoted in the Jerusalem Post.

sweet.

[PerfectSage]

16. Smells like BS propaganda

Al-Aqsa Brigades, Fatah's armed wing, claimed responsibility for shelling Eshkol with two projectiles and for shelling the Zekim military post with two other projectiles, as well as attacks that hit armored vehicles in Netzarim.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=34879