Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Contagi. Prima Hizb Allah, ora Hamas

*Associated Press/AP Online
NABLUS, West Bank - Hamas, the major force behind a
four-year suicide bombing campaign and sworn to the destruction of
Israel, decided Saturday to run in a Palestinian parliamentary
election, a move that threatens to undermine Palestinian leader
Mahmoud Abbas' efforts to make peace.
A victory by the militant group in the July 17 vote - days
before Israel is to begin withdrawing from the Gaza Strip - could
dictate whether the Israeli pullout spawns more talks or stalemate.
Hamas political leader Mohammed Ghazal said the group would
decide after the vote whether to join Abbas' Cabinet and whether to
support his moves to renew peace talks with Israel.
"Until then, anything can happen," Ghazal told
reporters. "We still haven't decided whether to be a part of
the Palestinian government and we haven't decided on the issue of
Israel ... we will decide in the future whether to talk to
them."
Hamas, founded in 1987, is the largest of the three
Palestinian militant Islamic groups. The other two are Islamic Jihad
and Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Hamas is responsible for most of the
suicide attacks against Israelis.
In Gaza, meanwhile, about 2,500 unemployed Palestinians
stormed the parliament building, throwing stones at police and
breaking windows. One man waved a piece of bread and a woman held up
an empty pot, while police in full riot gear fired in the air to
disperse the crowd.
The internal unrest underscored the obstacles Abbas has to
overcome to lead his Fatah party to victory in the parliamentary
election.
Hamas did not participate in the last parliamentary election
in 1996, refusing to recognize the interim peace deal that led to
the establishment of the Palestinian Authority. But the group has
emerged as a key player in Palestinian politics, with an
overwhelming victory in municipal elections in Gaza in January and
gains in a West Bank vote.
Hamas has won popular support partly because of its fight
against Israel, but also because it has provided welfare and social
services to poverty-stricken Palestinians, especially during the
last four years of fighting when the situation has worsened.
Abbas said he was not surprised by Hamas' decision and
encouraged other Palestinian factions to compete in the election.
"I think this is a good step that we should react to
positively," he told reporters.
Abbas, who is under intense Israeli and U.S. pressure to
rein in Hamas and other militant groups, is trying to co-opt the
groups, fearing a crackdown would lead to internal fighting.
Israel and the Palestinians have been observing an informal
truce declared by Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on
Feb. 8. But sporadic violence has persisted, including a Feb. 25
suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that killed five Israelis.
Israel plans to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four West
Bank settlements toward the end of July.
A cease-fire would allow Abbas - who is trying to
consolidate his power after the November death of Yasser Arafat - to
renew peace talks with the Israelis, reform his corruption-ridden
government and attract donor money needed to begin rebuilding
institutions that could better the lives of Palestinians.
But some Palestinians who voted for Abbas in a January
presidential election are rapidly losing patience, demanding the
Palestinian leader make good on his campaign promises.
Abed Abumahadi, one of the organizers of the demonstration
at the Palestinian parliament, demanded Abbas create jobs and
provide Palestinians with welfare services and a free education.
"So far we have nothing," Abumahadi said.
The clash in Gaza came just two days after a group of 20
gunmen stormed a hotel in Ramallah during a meeting of Fatah
activists. The gunmen demanded the 1,200 Fatah members make good on
promises to reform the Palestinian Authority and ferret out
corruption.
After the Gaza demonstration, a few hundred protesters
stayed behind, pitching a tent outside the parliament building and
vowing to remain there until the government meets their demands.
Gaza has been especially hard-hit by the fighting.
Thousands of Palestinians who worked in Israel until
violence erupted in September 2000 suddenly found themselves
unemployed. The fighting, harsh Israeli army raids and a breakdown
of internal authority made life unbearable for many of the 1.3
million Palestinians living in the crowded, poverty-stricken coastal
strip.
While the Palestinian Authority - its institutions battered
by the fighting - failed to provide for the poor, the Hamas
political wing filled the vacuum. Palestinians viewed the
organization as corruption-free, while accusing government officials
of making off with millions of dollars earmarked for public
programs.
"We decided this because the Palestinian people want us
and want an honest leadership," Ghazal said after announcing
Hamas' decision to compete in the July vote.

 Mahmoud Abbas' efforts to make peace.
Se smettono di uccidere e si danno alla politica parlamentare non vedo 
problemi. Tu?
Palmiro Pangloss
-- 
"But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera I'll 
kill you."
Clint Eastwood to Michael Moore
National Board of Review awards dinner at the Tavern on the Green, New 
York, NY 11.01.05


#_Nemmeno io farei problemi, ma sarebbe come manovrare la Forrestal nel 
Canal Grande ne convieni?..."Come la vedo brutta!" disse la vecchia in piedi 
sopra lo specchio!
Come stanno le cose, sicuramente Hamas si prenderebbe una maggioranza da 
"tsunami" e poi se dassero, come prevedibile, una spallata ad Abu 
Mazen...quanto tempo pensi che durerebbe la politica parlamentare?
Giano

 problemi. Tu?
Se si danno alla politica e hanno la maggioranza con un programma incentrato
sulla guerra contro i sionisti (come possibile se non probabile) cosa ne
diresti? 

 Mazen...quanto tempo pensi che durerebbe la politica parlamentare?
E' quello che spero, let freedom spread come disse Bush.


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 diresti?
Che la situazione almeno sarebbe chiara.
Palmiro Pangloss
-- 
"But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera I'll
kill you."
Clint Eastwood to Michael Moore
National Board of Review awards dinner at the Tavern on the Green, New
York, NY
11.01.05
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 Che la situazione almeno sarebbe chiara.
Anche io let freedom spread...

 problemi. Tu?
Immagina un percorso analogo per le BR. Anzi, ora che ci penso: l'hai già
fatto!
Namib

 fatto!
Non vedo molte analogie tra BR e Hamas, salvo che ammazzano la gente.
Immagina un percorso analogo per l'Irgun. anzi, ora che ci penso: e'
successo!
Palmiro Pangloss
-- 
"But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera I'll
kill you."
Clint Eastwood to Michael Moore
National Board of Review awards dinner at the Tavern on the Green, New
York, NY
11.01.05
questo articolo e` stato inviato via web dal servizio gratuito 
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 successo!
E infatti si sono visti i risultati: passati dall'ammazzare arabi ad
ammazzare arabi legalmente

 e poi se dassero, come prevedibile, una spallata ad Abu 
Sarebbe *nulla* in confronto a quello che tu fai all'italiano.
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 successo!
Cioè, tu non vedi i rischi della situazione? Hizb Allah ed Hamas
continueranno a giocare su due tavoli, perché (nel loro contesto storico)
sono militarmente più forti di quanto non lo fosse ai suoi tempi l'Irgun.
Usciamo da una lunghissima (e sgradevole) polemica, qui e su IPII, in merito
alle cazzate dette (e alle verità taciute) da Diliberto su Hizb Allah, ed
ecco che, come per incanto, anche quell'organizzazione terroristica diventa
"accettabile"? Intendiamoci, mon ami, se HA dovesse improvvisamente
conventirsi alle armi della politica, abbandonando la politica delle armi,
questo sarebbe un gran bene. Ma quale sarebbe il senso di questa curiosa
metànoia? Una volta tanto, non si potrebbe discutere di politica concreta,
invece che di mitologia? Quali sono le forze in campo, in Libano? Non sono
mica "i democratici" e "i tiranni"? Da quando in qua Jumblatt è diventato
democratico? E credi davvero alla folo "tgstica", per cui tutto il Paese
sarebbe "unito contro l'occupazione"? E' un Paese/mosaico: rispettiamone la
complessità. Shalom.
Namib
--
Jimmy Stewart: "Well, you're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?"
Carleton Young as Maxwell Scott: "No, sir... When the legend becomes fact,
print the legend."
(John Ford, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance")

 (John Ford, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance")
Bellissimo film, uno dei miei preferiti di sempre.
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 Bellissimo film, uno dei miei preferiti di sempre.
Un film immenso, come TUTTO Ford. Shalom.
Namib

 Un film immenso, come TUTTO Ford. Shalom.
Io mi sono sempre identificato con Wayne/Tom Doniphon, tu?
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 Io mi sono sempre identificato con Wayne/Tom Doniphon, tu?
Mi succede raramente di identificarmi nei personaggi dei film. Tuttavia, il
crepuscolare cinismo di J. Stewart è certamente più sfaccettato e
interessante dell'eroismo integrale di Wayne (del Duca ho sempre amato,
invece, la silenziosa/dolorosa "conversione morale" di Ethan in "The
Searchers": di fronte al terrore di Nathalie Wood, JW *non* "diventa buono":
viene anzi *sconfitto* dalla pietà. Grande). Shalom.
Namib

 qualcosa di peggio.
Sei un pessimista storico.
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