Fateh founded in 1958 emerged in 1965 to undermine Arab nationalism and to pave the way to 1967 defeat, and then prepare the Palestinians (Black September, Civil war in Lebanon, Sabra and Satila, the Nakba od Palestinians in Kuwait etc..) to accept Oslo.
And now after the failure of Dahlan coup, the Israeli War, and the Sixth "Revolutionary" Conference in Bethlehem an unholly alliance is under make against Hamas. Gaza should stay under siege until Hamas suurender, or removed by Gazans.
Embattled Hamas Shows its Moderate Face
Analysis by Mel Frykberg
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| Gaza actors Inas al-Saqha and Ali Abu Yassin in the play Film Cinema. (Emad Badwan) |
RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (IPS) - The Islamic esistance movement Hamas's rule of Gaza is facing protracted political and military opposition from within Gaza, other Palestinian territories and abroad.
On Saturday a guerrilla group put down the fiercest military challenge to Hamas rule since it took over the coastal territory in the June 2007 coup when it overthrew a Palestinian Authority (PA)-led unity government. Hamas had earlier won legislative elections in Gaza in 2006.
On Friday after mid-day prayers members of the extremist group Jund Ansar Allah, meaning 'Soldiers of God', and allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda, barricaded themselves inside a mosque filled with hundreds of worshippers and supporters in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The leader of the Salafist group Abdul Latif Moussa, surrounded by a number of armed and masked men including one with a suicide belt, declared the town an Islamic Emirate that would fall under theocratic rule independent of the Hamas government.
Hamas security men flooded the area, and after several gun battles which lasted through the night and left 22 dead, re-established authority in the town.
Six bystanders were killed in the gunfire, six Hamas men lost their lives, and 10 extremists including Moussa were killed. His house was later blown up.
According to Hamas authorities, Jund Ansar Allah has been behind a number of kidnappings and bombing attacks on beauty parlours, CD stores, Internet cafes and Christian sites, which they perceive as immoral.
The group in turn has accused Gaza's de-facto government of failing to establish Islamic law in the coastal territory, and giving up Jihad against Israel by enforcing a ceasefire.
Its members are proponents of a return to what they interpret as the roots of Islam, or Salafism, as advocated by the Wahabis in Saudi Arabia.
Israeli security has stated that there are a number of Al-Qaeda linked extremist groups in Gaza who are funded and trained abroad, and who then slip back into the strip through the smuggling tunnels which link Gaza with Egypt's Sinai.
"This is not just a few disgruntled extremists but the tip of the iceberg, and a sign of growing extremism in Gaza which is only going to get worse," says Dr. Samir Awad from Birzeit University, near Ramallah.
"The Israelis have shot themselves in the foot with the crippling siege of Gaza," Awad tells IPS. "The suffering and hardship endured by Gazans has not moderated them politically. When people have lost everything and have no hope, they turn to revenge.
"In the future Israel will regret not negotiating with a more moderate Hamas government when these extremists strengthen their grip on power."
Israel helped nurture Hamas when the organisation was first established in 1987 as a bulwark against the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
When the PLO-affiliated PA came to power in 1994 following the Oslo Accords, Israel weakened it with military attacks and mass arrest campaigns. This in turn strengthened Hamas.
Despite negotiation attempts by more moderate elements within Hamas, Israel continues the Gaza blockade, making conditions ripe for extremist groups to flourish.
While Al-Qaeda linked extremists pose a real threat to Hamas rule, the organisation is also facing renewed political opposition from Fatah, affiliated to the PA which rules the West Bank. The PA lost the 2006 legislative elections to Hamas following accusations of corruption. However, Fatah emerged strengthened from its recently held Sixth Revolutionary Conference in Bethlehem where a new and more credible leadership was elected.
According to a poll by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), an estimated 52 percent of Palestinians would vote for Palestinian President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas if elections were held today.
This compares to 38 percent who would vote for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The poll also indicated that respondents believed that Fatah would become stronger and more unified in the aftermath of its conference.
"Hamas lost a lot of popularity when it refused to allow trapped Fatah leaders in Gaza to attend the conference," said Awad.
Contributing to Hamas's fall in support has been the increasing abuse of human rights and the stifling of civil liberties.
Last month a prominent Hamas judge in Gaza said that from September all the territory's female lawyers would be required to cover their hair and wear long gowns under their billowing judicial gowns.
Hamas was also said to be formulating a moral code of conduct which would prevent gender mixing in large crowds in public places amongst other things.
"This was the opinion of one minister who had not consulted with the rest of the Hamas government. Most of us are against this and the matter is still being appraised," Dr Ahmed Yousef, political advisor to Haniyeh told IPS.
It would appear that Hamas's political survival is contingent on its ability to adapt to challenges on the ground and to be more flexible politically in regard to the international community and negotiations with the PA.
Awad believes Hamas has blanket policies and ideologies, and lacks the ability to deal with day-to-day realities including negotiating with the PA and with regional leaders, and in recognising Israel's existence as a political fact.
"Hamas lacks good political tacticians. Using the suffering in Gaza to its political advantage is one of its leverage points. The international community is not going to stand by and watch Gazans starve to death and Hamas knows this," Awad told IPS.
Prof Moshe Maoz from Jerusalem's Hebrew university believes that the more pragmatic and moderate elements in Hamas are reviewing their political standing.
"Hamas has developed a relationship of sorts with some members of the international community, and they will explore this. They will also probably become more pragmatic in talks with the PA," Maoz told IPS. (END/2009)
Flashback
In a famous lecture (after oslo) in London, Hani al-Hassan (an old Fateh Guard, the poltical adviser of Arafat) tried to Justify going to Oslo. He claimed (Hanging Fateh treason on Nasir's hook) that after 1967 war Nasir told Arafat and Fateh leaders close to Arafat: its over, you has no choice other than reaching a peace deal with Israel.
Consequently, according to Al Hassan, after 1967, Fateh decided its time for preparing the Palestinians to accept a peace deal with Isreal.
Based on Al-Hassan's statement, I am one of Palestinians who claimd that, the Massacres of Palestinians, in Black September, in Jordan, in Lebanese civil war, the performance of Fateh during the 1982 war on Lebanon, its alignment with Saddam that lead to the Nakba of half million Palestinian living in Kuwait, starving Palestinians, especially those on the PLO payroll, for several months before Oslo, were steps in the process of preparing the Palestinians for "peace" that paved the way Oslo, and selling Oslo to Palestinians, and the return of "Victorous" Afrafat to Ramallah to achieve what Israeal failed to achive put an end to the First Intifadah.
In adopting armed struggle, Fateh put itself to the Left of Nasir and Arab nationalist movement.Fateh was not the only player, the Syrian Seperation coup funded by Sauda undermined the Liberation Nationalists option, and bosted Fatah and its Palestinian Option.
Both Fateh, based in Syria and, and Pre-assad Syrian regime, pushed, jointly Nasir to 1967 trap, that paved the way in 1969 for:
- Fateh, taking over PLO in Feb, 1969
- Creating the
Here, let us remember that Nasir's rejected Baghdad Pact , known as Dwight Eisenhower's Project, to contain the Soviet Union by having a line of strong states along the USSR's southwestern frontiercontain.
Nasser felt that the pro-western Baghdad Pact posed a threat to Arab Nationalism. As a response, Egypt and Syria united into the United Arab Republic. At that time, 1958 Syria was as described by Patrick Seal, a feather in wind storm. It is Nasir who protected Syria from the wind storm blowing from Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon.
The United Arab Republic boasted 1958 revolution in Iraq.
"On July 14, 1958, the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown in a military coup. The new government was led by General Abdul Karim Qasim who withdrew from the Baghdad Pact, opened diplomatic relations with Soviet Union and adopted a non-aligned stance; Iraq quit the organization shortly thereafter. The organization dropped the Baghdad Pact moniker in favor of CENTO at that time."
"The toppling of a pro-Western government in the Iraq 14 July Revolution, along with the internal instability, caused President Chamoun to call for U.S. assistance."
The United Arab Republic boasted also in the same year, 1958, the setting up of the first cells of the Fateh movement in Kuwait
The formation of Fatah was the first nail driven in the coffen of Arab nationalist movement at its 1958 peak, and 1967 and the death (poisoning) of Nasir was the last nail.
I remember, and understand how and why, after the the success of Algerians revolution and the 1961 Syrian seperation coup, tens of Palestinian faction have grown like mashrom within Palestinian in Daispora. Mainly in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Gaza. But I failed till this very moment to find a reason for creation of Fatah in 1958 (the peak of Arab nationalism).
All events, many meetings, discussions, I held since early sixties confirmed my old theory.
- I met Mahmoud Abbas, accidently, in 1976 in Lybia, without knowing that he is Fatah member, after presenting my theory in his presence, he said nothing other than cursing Palestinian leaders mainly Habash.
- I met many Fateh Ambasadors, who just commented: Conspiracy theory.
- Few weeks after Camp david 2, one retired Fatah old Guard, who Joined Arafat in Kuwait, told me many, many stories confirming my theory. He mentioned an internal secret Document issued before 1967, about the two state solution. He said, a copy of the document is available with ..... another Ex-Fatah, living in....This document, lead to a coup within Fateh in Kuwait. The Cuop was ended by Fateh fighter brought from Syria A Kuwaiti flight.
- There was always, a big question mark about Arafat, his family, real family name origin. In early 1990's I directly heard, while under arrest from my interrogator, a non-confirmed story, claiming that Arafat is the son of a Jewish family, from Moroco, His grand father, came to Jerusalem in 1928, coverted to Islam, married the daughter of Abu-Assoud (Jerusalem Mofti) in order to stay in Jerusalem). Arafat's Father business was selling Jewish Head cover, his shop was burned, and he left to Gaza, then to Egypt. His son Yesir was born in a Jewish neighbourhood (Hay Assakakini) in Cairo.
- Few years ago, I accidently met Arafat's Egyption half brother without knowing him in a gethering. One syrian claimed, that Syrian PM Al-Kasim was removed because they fount the Al-Kasim family are Ex-Jews. I commented: Good for them, they knew and took action. We know and don't dare to speakout. I was sitting between Arafat's Half brother and a friend. My friend hit my leg to warm to stop me, but I told my story. After sabout half an hour, we moved to the dining table and the half brother standing on the other side facing me, without telling me his identity, he commented as follows: Anwar Al-Sadat, after hearing the same story, he asked for Arafat's family tree. He found Head of Arafat's family was our Prophet Mohamad. I am not making it. I have many witnesses. In short the stupid comment of Arafat's half brother confirmed the un-confirmed story.
- Unlike Cohen (Amin Thabit), the famous spy planted in Syria, Arafat is real and have a real family.
I always argued, how Israel succeeded in assasinating almost all Fatah founders, such as Kamal Edwan, Kamal Nasir, Abu Jehad, Abu Iyad, Abu Alhall, etc.. and fail to get Arafat. His life was saved many, many times, after Balck September in Jordan, The western fleet arrived twice to Labanon to save his ass, Americans rescued him when his plane crushed in Lybian desert. I know many stories about Israel bombing places, building, in both Syria and Lebabon, few minures after Arafat leaving it.Some would say, how would Israel kill such asset??
My answer is:
After his great sevices to zionist project, in putting Palestinians on the "Peace track" that lead to Oslo and his "Victorous" return to end the first Intifada, Arafat became a liabilty more than an asset.
In Camp David two, he reached and agreement with Barak, but he needed time sell it to Palestinians, Arabs and Muslems, but he failed to deliver. Barak left the office to Sharon, to complete the "Independance" And Arafat lost controll on the Palestinian street with the second Intifidah.
The asset became a Liability. Zionist Elders decided to keep the profile of Arafat as the "Historic God father of Palestinian Armed Resistance" rather than exposing him and paving the way for a New Fatah leader like Barghouti. Especially with the Bahae Mahmoud Abbas Merza, ready to complete the mission.
A Dead "Palestinian HERO" is better than a living EXPIRED EXPOSED SPY.
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