Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Ma...  e... ...e la democrazia?!?!

Ricordate i propagandisti filo-Israeliani che dicevano che l'ANP, prima
di diventare partner di negoziati, deve diventare piu' democratica?
Per rinfrescare la memoria,
http://tinyurl.com/9lj2g
http://www.informazionecorretta.com/find.php?find=riforme
Attendo la loro reazione per cio' che sta accadendo oggi.  Dopotutto,
loro sono veramente interessati alla democrazia Palestinese, non e'
solo propaganda.... o no?
Tutti e due i due candidati fermati dagli Israeliani sono opposti sia a
Fatah che a Hamas, e hanno preso in passato chiarissime posizioni
contro gli attentati suicidi.   Dovrebbero essere, quindi, proprio
quei "moderati" che Israele dice di essere interessato a cercare nella
controparte Palestinese.
Allora, che sta succedendo?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4578210.stm
Palestinian campaigners stopped
Two Palestinian politicians have been stopped from canvassing in east
Jerusalem by Israeli police, at the start of the Palestinian poll
campaign.
The candidates were told no Palestinian political activity was allowed
in the area, under Israeli law.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will postpone the vote planned
for 25 January if Israel refuses to allow Palestinians in the area to
take part.
His ruling Fatah party launched its campaign at Yasser Arafat's grave.
Rival Islamic militant group Hamas is making a strong challenge in the
first general election in 10 years.
Correspondents say the election is seen as a major test for Fatah,
which is regarded as corrupt and ineffective by large numbers of
Palestinians.
Israeli police stopped Hanan Ashrawi, from the Third Way party, and
Mustafa Barghouti, standing as an independent, from canvassing on the
first day of campaigning.
Ms Ashrawi told the BBC she was carrying election posters when officers
arrived and told her it was illegal for her to campaign in the area.
She was allowed to leave but one of her assistants was detained.
A spokesman for the Jerusalem police said Israeli law stated no
Palestinian political activity was allowed in east Jerusalem, occupied
by Israel since 1967.
But it is still unclear if Israel will carry out its threat to ban
Palestinians from voting in east Jerusalem in protest at the
participation of candidates from Hamas.
Mr Abbas said all Palestinian factions agreed there could be no
election if such a ban goes ahead, but Hamas rejects delaying the poll.
"We have told them [Fatah] that postponing the election will lead to a
vacuum and to a dark future," leading Hamas candidate Ismail Haniya
told a rally in Gaza City.
Campaigns begin
Fatah has governed the Palestinians since the first and only
parliamentary elections in 1996.
The party opened its election campaign at the late Palestinian leader's
tomb in Ramallah in the West Bank.
With Mr Abbas on a tour of the Gulf states, Fatah campaign manager
Nabil Shaath delivered the keynote speech to supporters and candidates.
"We will fight to finish the occupation and the wall [Israel's West
Bank barrier] and the settlements and establish a Palestinian state in
a peaceful resolution to the situation in our region," he said.
Fatah also had a "programme to stop the corruption and establish the
new foundations for a Palestinian state", he added.
Hamas launched its campaign in Gaza City outside the home of its former
leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was assassinated by Israel nearly two
years ago.
Polls suggest Hamas could win up to a third of the vote.

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Allora, che sta succedendo?
Semplice. E lo dice pure l'articolo della BBC da te citato:
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A spokesman for the Jerusalem police said Israeli law stated no
Palestinian political activity was allowed in east Jerusalem,
occupied by Israel since 1967. 
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Infatti ai poliziotti non interessa la linea politica dei candidati ma
solo il rispetto delle leggi israeliane.
Gia' in passato altri candidati politici sono stati fermati dall'entrare
in Gerusalemme Est.
-Stefano

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FCB63EEA-DDF7-4E6D-989D-AC038D2B7A7C.htm
 EU threat to axe Palestinian aid
by
Sunday 18 December 2005 10:27 AM GMT
Javier Solana said the EU would halt aid to the Palestinians
The European Union has joined the United States in threats to withhold
aid if Hamas participates in a Palestinian government.
Javier Solana, the EU foreign policy chief, has said tens of millions
of dollars of aid to the Palestinian Authority could be halted if the
Islamist group wins elections next month and fails to renounce
violence.
Hamas has swept municipal elections in several West Bank cities last
week, reflecting Palestinian dissatisfaction with the ruling Fatah
party.
The strong showing has raised the possibility that Hamas could win the
Palestinian parliamentary elections on 25 January.
"All the political parties have the right to be part of the elections,
but there is a certain code of conduct that has to be accepted by
everybody," Solana told reporters during a visit to Tel Aviv. "It's
very difficult that parties who do not condemn violence ... can be
partners for the future."
Solana said that an administration including a party which failed to
clearly reject violence and recognise Israel's right to exist could not
continue to receive EU funding.
EU aid planned for next year is said to be $312 million.
"It would be very difficult for the help and the money that goes to the
Palestinian Authority to continue to flow," Solana said. "The taxpayers
in the European Union, members of the parliament of the European Union,
will not be in a position to sustain that type of political activity."
The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Friday stating
that American support for the Palestinian Authority would be placed at
risk by any Hamas participation in government.
Israeli officials have insisted that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian
president, should bar Hamas from the parliamentary election, saying
that a victory by the group will scupper peace prospects.
The Palestinians rely on the international community for roughly half
of their annual operating budget.
The international community has, however, been urged by Palestinian
groups, including Fatah, to stay out of internal Palestinian affairs
and have backed Hamas's right to contest the elections.