The truth is out there

You can read below to find the Fatah reaction to the Hamas victory. My take on the Palestinian elections being won by Hamas?

Let's not fool ourselves. There is no change this morning except that 20 years of lies and half-truth can come to an end. The Palestinians do not want peace. The Palestinians do not want a two state solution. The Palestinians have voted, freely and openly, for a platform that calls for the genocide and the destruction of Israel. This is not a bad thing. They are now merely admitting in public what they always believed in private. Now perhaps policy can reflect reality.

As the light of truth shine in, let us watch how the world reacts. I am sure it will be entertaining, as well as informative. Meanwhile, let the roadmap wither and finish the fence. Continue to build in the larger settlement blocks and evacuate the smaller ones. Create the facts on the ground - a small, truncated Palestine in Gaza and most of the West Bank containing the overwhelming majority of the Palestinian population, but without Jerusalem, without the Jordan River Valley. No jobs for Palestinians in Israel, no so-called "security" cooperation, and no pointless "gestures" like prisoner releases and safe passage corridors. Let violence be met with extreme military reaction. Above all, let reality intrude on our phantasm of peace at all costs.

All in all, a good day - the air is clearer now. Take a deep breath.

Michaelson

End of an Era

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Dear Raais,

A sad day, a day of foolishness. How quickly they forget you, dear leader. How soon are old lessons unlearnt? Children run wild and forget their betters. Today the era of Arafat is truly ended. No more do we speak in Hebrew to the fools and in truth to ourselves. Even the eyes of fools will now be uncovered. HAMAS does not try to speak Hebrew while robbing their enemies. They do not see the need to pry useful cash from our enemies. Who will pay for Villa construction in Gaza, Qassam rocket development and martyrs death benefits now? If the Europeans are forced to acknowledge our aims openly even they will have to reduce the money flow. The holocaust may not have happened (after all, there were still enough Jews to create a country, were there not) but those Europeans must still sometimes act like it did. I fear this will be too much even for them to stomach. And the Americans! And just after we got the cash flowing there again too. 20 years of lies and work, work and lies, all down the drain....

Our only hope for continued resistance (and cash flow) now lies in the Saudi's and Iran. I am afraid, dear friend, that you backed the wrong horse in Iraq in 1990. Hopefully the clerics and kings will overlook it now. After all, Saadam is gone - at least those Americans are good for something. Now I must go find a cigar.

Yours in struggle,

Abu Mazen