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Originally Posted by Chris
The legitimate government of Gaza is holed up in the West Bank, under the leadership of Mahmoud Abbas. Like him or loathe him, he's the man.
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Hmm well I think that is debateable tbh. The previous leader of Fatah, Arafat, died in suspicious circumstances, confined to a compound by the Israelis, which made way for a Presidential election.
After the parliamentary elections you refer to, Fatah resigned all cabinet positions and assumed the role of the official opposition. So Abbas may technically be the President for 4 years if you can call the election democratic, although of course any Palestinians living as refugees and exiles outside the territories (from which they did not have free movement) were barred from the election.
In light of that, I would argue that the legitimate government is not holed up in the West Bank. The majority of people voted for Hamas, and Fatah resigned their cabinet positions. Plus the US administration funded and armed Abbas's Presidential Guard and Gaza based Fatah warlord, Mohammed Dahlan, to try and undermine Hamas and their election because it was not in the U.S interest.
Abbas is a U.S. puppet and Hamas has the majority in the legislative assembly, simple as that. Not that Hamas is blameless, to be fair. But Fatah is hardly the legitimate government.
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Originally Posted by SMG
Hey, Frank, If you dont like my post, tuff. I gave my opinion, & thats all. No, I'm not brainwashed, but clearly you are, believing all that crap you posted. Are these your opinions or facts? If they are facts, provide the links.
Step down off the bandwagon & try to see to whole picture, instead of the one in the tunnel. Your post is not biased is it!
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That is one of the weakest rebuttals ever. State, what point do you disagree with and provide a logical argument as to why, and I will happily clarify my argument with links. My post is biased...because you disagree? I am not Palestinian or Israeli, so it is stupid to claim my post is biased.
If you are referring the ceasefire, you can (ironically) see the CNN factcheck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntmpoRXFX4