will eventually feel their wrath and be overthrown. This time it was Hamas vs. Fatah in Gaza and as usual it was a “no contest” as the Islamic revolutionists swept the decrepit old criminal regime from power in just a few days of combat last month. As former Fatah Palestinian minister Sufyan Abu Zaida explained on June 15 to Israel Radio, “Fatah had no will to fight.” From here he explained that although they far outnumbered (4 to 1) Hamas in men, weapons and ammunition there was no leadership, no direction and no motivation. Gaza is now Hamastan. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) of Fatah, sitting in his Ramallah office “fired” the Hamas PM Ismail Haniya, but no one in Gaza takes such directives seriously. An emergency government led by Salam Fayad replaced the Hamas dominated cabinet.
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Palestinian Islamic Revolution On the March
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will eventually feel their wrath and be overthrown. This time it was Hamas vs. Fatah in Gaza and as usual it was a “no contest” as the Islamic revolutionists swept the decrepit old criminal regime from power in just a few days of combat last month. As former Fatah Palestinian minister Sufyan Abu Zaida explained on June 15 to Israel Radio, “Fatah had no will to fight.” From here he explained that although they far outnumbered (4 to 1) Hamas in men, weapons and ammunition there was no leadership, no direction and no motivation. Gaza is now Hamastan. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) of Fatah, sitting in his Ramallah office “fired” the Hamas PM Ismail Haniya, but no one in Gaza takes such directives seriously. An emergency government led by Salam Fayad replaced the Hamas dominated cabinet. |
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after leaving in August 2005. The withdrawal was unilateral, yet accompanied by guarantees; Egypt was to ensure the halt of all contraband smuggling into the Strip while the Americans obligated themselves to stand behind Israel in its battle against terrorism even should Israel need to cross into Palestinian areas. Rocket fire into Israel from Gaza began under Yasir Arafat's Fatah led Palestinian Authority rule already early in 2001, continued under Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) who was elected in January 2005 (Arafat died in Nov. 2004) and intensified when Hamas overthrew the PA regime in June 2007. Whether discussing a hudna (Islamic cease-fire) or tahdiya (Islamic period of calm) the shell fire continued from Gaza into the western Negev. The last tahadiya lasted half a year, from the middle of June to the middle of December and ended with a bang as Hamas began pounding Israel with 60 rockets a day. Despite the expectation of rain, cold and the least optimal conditions, Israel decided to respond with massive air strikes on Dec. 27 and began a ground offensive a week later.
Now that all the chatter and mutual recriminations have subsided over
the yearly memorial assemblies and services in remembrance of
assassinated PM Yitzhak Rabin (Nov. 4, 1995), it is certainly time to
analyze why Israelis feel “obligated” to suffer through the politically
intense late October, early November season. 
