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Titolo: Da tutto Fatah attacchi violenti a Barghouti

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=barghouti&item
No=509805
 Fatah blasts the `unwanted candidate' 
 
By Arnon Regular
Last Update: 08/12/2004 15:08
In a sharply worded statement, Fatah has condemned the decision of
jailed Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti to run against the movement's
agreed candidate, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), for the post of chairman of
the Palestinian Authority. Elections are scheduled for January 9.
"Marwan Barghouti has rescinded his membership in Fatah by his decision
to pose as an independent candidate, and the Fatah institutions will
stick by the candidacy of Abu Mazen," said Al-Tayeb Abd al-Rahim,
director of the President's Office and a member of the Fatah Central
Committee on Wednesday night. 
Broad segments of the Palestinian political community, including
officials, most of the armed groups belonging to the Al-Aqsa Martyr's
Brigades and many of the security prisoners in Israeli jails, have
distanced themselves from Barghouti since his candidacy was announced. 
A spokesman for Fatah prisoners in Israel, Abu Hassan Hijawi, told
Haaretz Thursday that Barghouti's candidacy runs counter to "internal
Fatah regulations and all the conventions established in the
organization for decades. We hope that he will recant his decision but
if he does not, he will find no support inside the Fatah." 
Others used harsher words to criticize Barghouti's decision and went so
far as to describe it as an "Israeli maneuver" aimed to divide Fatah. 
"Marwan is not the first Palestinian to be imprisoned. There are those
who were held before him and there are those who will be [imprisoned]
after him and he has no right to challenge Fatah. He is welcome to run
outside Fatah - and then we will see what kind of influence he has in
the Palestinian street," Abbas Zaki, a member of the Fatah Central
Committee, said. 
Contrary to the expectations of supporters who urged Barghouti to run,
the decision to declare his candidacy after he said he would not run
resulted in a wave of opposition within the Fatah. Members of Fatah's
Supreme Steering Committee, a body that Barghouti himself set up, also
voiced their criticism. This group of insiders had held negotiations
with Abu Mazen and claims to have made political gains for Palestinian
activists in the territories. 
"We are doing everything we can to convince Marwan to withdraw his
candidacy as an independent, but in case this is not successful, and I
have to choose between Marwan or Fatah, I will choose Fatah," said Hatem
Abdel Kader, a member of the Steering Committee. 
Abd al-Qader and others are trying to renew talks with Barghouti in
order to convince him to withdraw his candidacy. 
Internal polls suggest that Barghouti stands no chance in a race against
Abu Mazen, and many of the jailed grassroots leader's supporters are not
keen to sacrifice their political futures. 
Kadoura Fares, who last Friday read out Barghouti's decision to withdraw
his candidacy, was evidently absent from the press conference held by
Barghouti's wife, Fadwa, in which she announced her husband's candidacy.
Muqbal Barghouti, Marwan's brother, said Thursday, "Marwan is sticking
to his decision to run. We have begun setting up regional headquarters
in all the cities in preparation for the elections." 
Dr. Nabil Kukali of the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion in Beit
Sahour said that Barghouti's candidacy "does not alter the situation
since it has been a subject of discussion for some time. 
Seven days ago, Barghouti enjoyed support of 15 percent, compared to 27
percent for Abu Mazen, but henceforth the figures will be more accurate
since the candidates are no longer theoretical." n
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  Fatah blasts the `unwanted candidate'
Gente vecchia che verrà spazzata via da bargouti e da hamas...