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To: steve harris who wrote (340576)	6/18/2007 3:30:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573848

So you do support sending guns and money to terrorists like Fatah. How come?

To: steve harris who wrote (340576)	6/19/2007 3:09:33 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573848

I don't know who the good guys are in this mess if there are any but what I do know is that we keep supporting the corrupt status quo and the Palestinians keep wanting Hamas. It would seem then that Hamas must be doing something right and Fatah something wrong. SECOND TAKE: The Daily Telegraph HAMAS may be quietly pleased by the way the international community has reacted to its putsch in Gaza. The movement’s appeal has always been based, in large measure, on the charge that the Palestinian establishment is remote and corrupt: keener on securing cushy foreign postings for its followers than in ameliorating the condition of ordinary Palestinians. Over the past 24 hours, the West Bank administration has appeared, more than ever, to be in the pocket of foreign powers: Israel, the west and other Arab governments have rushed to offer financial support to the Fatah regime, while isolating Hamas. Their calculation is that economic sanctions will convince Palestinians that supporting Fatah is the only way to achieve something resembling economic normality. But they are taking a huge risk. Palestinians are already the largest per capita recipients of foreign aid in the world, but this has not stopped them voting for Hamas . Revolutionary violence is not, as Marx thought, the product of economic despair; more often, revolutions happen at times of rising prosperity and rising aspirations. By lavishly funding the Fatah administration, the international community might recreate the resentment against a corrupt elite that drove many Palestinians into voting Hamas in the first place. Then again, we are dealing with least bad alternatives. It is hard to see how Israel, the west or — above all — Sunni Arab states could react indifferently to the creation of the world’s first Islamist polity on the Gaza Strip. Nor could they stand by and watch a military takeover in a territory struggling to entrench democracy. Long term, the surest way to secure a free society in Palestine is through property rights, free trade and an opening of Palestine’s “external” borders. Short term, neighbouring states should back a restoration of order in Gaza, followed by fresh elections. London, June 18 businessday.co.za