It isn’t a pretty choice, that between Hamas and Fatah. Indeed, it was the reign of plunder and arrogance that Fatah imposed during its years of primacy that gave Hamas its power and room for maneuver. We must not overdo the distinction between the “secularism” of Fatah and the Islamism of Hamas. In the cruel streets and refugee camps of the Palestinians, this is really a distinction without a difference. [Brothers to the Bitter End. Fouad Ajami. NYT. June 20 2007]
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[1268] Of Fouad Ajami on the Fatah-Hamas conflict and Palestine
One reply on “[1268] Of Fouad Ajami on the Fatah-Hamas conflict and Palestine”
Hear hear. The West is now seeing that propping and supporting ‘secular’ parties in the Middle East isn’t the solution to stem the tide of extremist Islam. The masses getting sick of being screwed over by these parties are the reason why those less corrupt ‘Islamic’ parties and organisations are on the ascendancy there. Big headache.