Whose Coup, Exactly?
Virginia Tilley, The Electronic Intifada, 18 June 2007
Having sacked Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and dissolved his democratically-elected government, Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas has now installed Salam Fayyad as the new Prime Minister, to the clear delight of the West.
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Role of the Media
Decoding the media’s Palestinian “civil war”
Ben White, The Electronic Intifada, 19 June 2007
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Sacrificing the Palestinian struggle
By Amira Hass
Fifth column, traitors, collaborators – this is what Hamas spokesmen call those whom they hold responsible for the civil war in the Gaza Strip. They point to a “treacherous stream in the Fatah movement,” warning that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is “incapable of taking control of it.” They are referring to Mohammed Dahlan and his associates.
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Published on Saturday, June 16, 2007
Welcome to ‘Palestine’
by Robert Fisk
How troublesome the Muslims of the Middle East are. First, we demand that the Palestinians embrace democracy and then they elect the wrong party – Hamas – and then Hamas wins a mini-civil war and presides over the Gaza Strip. And we Westerners still want to negotiate with the discredited President, Mahmoud Abbas. Today “Palestine” – and let’s keep those quotation marks in place – has two prime ministers. Welcome to the Middle East.
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Palestinian territories, by Eyad Sarray, 19 June 2007. The Globe and Mail
In this Gaza, nobody wins; Our leaders have only served to further Ariel Sharon’s plan, and to de-legitimate our claim to self-government.
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The Crisis in Gaza: Made in Israel
Written by Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Monday, 18 June 2007
The old dream of Ariel Sharon is becoming a reality: Palestinians are killing Palestinians, and Israel is counting the number of victims with great satisfaction. The tears of Israeli leaders are crocodile tears, and their claims that they are sorry for the tragic developments in Gaza are mere hypocrisy. The bloody confrontations were predictable, and the Israeli-US responsibility and active involvement are crystal clear.
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Division among Palestinians
Letter to the Editor, The Irish Times, 19 June 2007 by EI co-founder Ali Abunimah was published by The Irish Times on 19 June 2007:
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Dinsdag, Den Haag dag.
Dus vandaag even kort. Israelisch minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Tzipi Livni is even bij de EU ministers langs geweest om ze instructies te geven. Die luiden: Hamas en dus nu Gaza, blijven boycotten, en Abbas ondersteunen. En het ziet er naar uit dat de EU zal doen wat Israel van ze wil.
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Hartekreet van Stan van Houcke, gisteren als reactie op dit weblog geplaatst.
Beste anja,
is er nu niets dat de stilte van de nederlandse politiek kan doorbreken? ik schrijf dat vanwege dit:
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Vanochtend in Trouw, een artikel van Jaap Hamburger en Martin Siepermann over de wijze waarop er wordt gereageerd, onder andere door columnist Ephimenco, op de stelllingname van Van Agt over Israel/Palestina. Onderstaande versie is wat uitgebreider dan wat in Trouw is verschenen.
En voor lezersreacties in Trouw: hier.
Dries van Agt is juist de heraut van verandering
Door Jaap Hamburger en Martin Siepermann
Afgelopen week mengde zich ook Sylvain Ephimenco in het debat over de opvattingen van Dries van Agt betreffende het Israëlisch-Palestijnse conflict (de Verdieping, 14 juni). Om zijn oordeel over onze voormalige premier kracht bij te zetten, kroop Ephimenco in de huid van een meedogenloze Hamas-strijder die Van Agt prijst, en passant het stereotype versterkend dat alle Palestijnen terroristen zijn.
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