Olmert & Abbas

As a “goodwill” gesture, Israel is to release 250 Fatah prisoners. The only reason is that it hopes those 250 Fatah members will go and fight against Hamas to further damage the struggle of the Palestinians. Now, all of a sudden, Israel, the U.S. and the E.U. are willing to disburse millions of dollars to the Fatah government to bolster it against Hamas. (Aljazeera.net: Abbas: Time for 'serious talks')

The conference of the leaders of Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (or what's left of it, unable to represent the Palestinian people) is just a big show. Even after the expulsion of Hamas from the Palestinian government, Israel is not willing to resume peace negotiations for the simple reason that it does not want peace. If there is peace, Israel cannot continue to grab Palestinian land. That is the only thing the Zionists want and peace is an obstacle to the land grab.

The Palestinian people is once more being betrayed, this time by Mahmoud Abbas and its Fatah movement. Fatah has degenerated into nothing more than a police force in the service of the Zionists.

Now look at Gaza. Since the victory of Hamas, order has been restored and life can return to normal. Of course it will be very difficult to establish a viable economy, since all border crossings are closed. Even so, under these extremely difficult circumstances, Hamas will try to protect the Palestinians and their dignity.

There is indeed the danger that extreme Muslim groups will try to impose a strict Islamic order, but that is certainly not what the Hamas leadership has in mind.