The times they are achanging
The times they are achanging
by Ted Belman
According to the New York Times, Palestinian Chief Threatens to Quit Over Rival Fatah Slate, "other major Fatah leaders in their 40's have joined Mr. Barghouti's slate - most vividly Muhammad Dahlan, a power in Gaza who coordinated the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza for Mr. Abbas, and Jibril Rajoub, a power in the West Bank who has been a security adviser to Mr. Abbas."
The discontent according to Khaled Duzdar, an analyst at the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, "displays the sharp conflicts inside Fatah. A year after Arafat died, nothing has changed - there's a focus on personalities, no political reform, no security reform or law enforcement, no reinvigoration of the apparatus - only promises." "The whole Fatah movement" is at stake, he added. The political confusion, financial mismanagement and the failure to rein in militant groups, including Fatah's Al Aksa brigades, "only helps Hamas" and will help Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Israeli elections March 28, he said.
He should have said it only helps the Right and weakens the Left.
But other observations are in order. Abbas and the old guard ostensibly stand for the peace process and a two state solution. They also stand for corruption and a secular state.
Not only are they being rejected by the Fatah terrorists, Barghouti and Dahlan they are also rejected by Hamas who favour the destruction of Israel and an Islamist state. Furthermore the old guard of Fatah are associated with the US with whom they curry favour whereas Hamas curries favour with Iran.
Just as Israel is going through a political realignment so is the PA. I expect a realignment of the EU and the US in regard to the Roadmap as well.
Posted by Ted Belman at December 16, 2005 08:34 AM
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The times they are achanging
by Ted Belman
According to the New York Times, Palestinian Chief Threatens to Quit Over Rival Fatah Slate, "other major Fatah leaders in their 40's have joined Mr. Barghouti's slate - most vividly Muhammad Dahlan, a power in Gaza who coordinated the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza for Mr. Abbas, and Jibril Rajoub, a power in the West Bank who has been a security adviser to Mr. Abbas."
The discontent according to Khaled Duzdar, an analyst at the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, "displays the sharp conflicts inside Fatah. A year after Arafat died, nothing has changed - there's a focus on personalities, no political reform, no security reform or law enforcement, no reinvigoration of the apparatus - only promises." "The whole Fatah movement" is at stake, he added. The political confusion, financial mismanagement and the failure to rein in militant groups, including Fatah's Al Aksa brigades, "only helps Hamas" and will help Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Israeli elections March 28, he said.
He should have said it only helps the Right and weakens the Left.
But other observations are in order. Abbas and the old guard ostensibly stand for the peace process and a two state solution. They also stand for corruption and a secular state.
Not only are they being rejected by the Fatah terrorists, Barghouti and Dahlan they are also rejected by Hamas who favour the destruction of Israel and an Islamist state. Furthermore the old guard of Fatah are associated with the US with whom they curry favour whereas Hamas curries favour with Iran.
Just as Israel is going through a political realignment so is the PA. I expect a realignment of the EU and the US in regard to the Roadmap as well.
Posted by Ted Belman at December 16, 2005 08:34 AM