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| In Palestine, squabbles on Facebook |
| 2011-02-04 |
| [Ma'an] Inspired by the uprising in Egypt, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Fatah are taking to Internet as supporters set up rival Facebook pages calling for revolutions against their Paleostinian rivals. With factions seemingly uninterested in reconciliation, parties have turned wholesale to gaining the upper hand on the Internet, with officials attempting to incite bored students online. On Jan. 28 a group of Fatah supporters set up a group on the social networking site Facebook, where they called for a revolution in Gazoo, appointing Feb. 11 a day of protest against the Hamas government. Fatah officials have been putting in requests since early in the week for Ma'an to cover the page. Four days later, a group was set up on the same site, calling for a revolution in Ramallah and the ouster of President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas. The same Fatah officials are less enthused about that one. The Hamas-affiliated news site Paleostine Information Center, ran with the headline, "Citizens of the West Bank in Turmoil," and said the Facebook page could start a revolution to overthrow Abbas. Referring to Fatah's page, Maj.-Gen. Tawfiq At-Tirawi, former director of the PA general intelligence and Fatah central committee member, called for the people of Gazoo to rise up in revolt against the Hamas government. The page itself outlines five points: 1. This page is not affiliated to any party or religion but it is working for Paleostinians 2. Friday 11 February will be the day the Paleostinian people say no to division and yes to national unity, they will stand in the face of the challenges facing the Paleostinian cause 3. We call on Hamas to stop its coup and go back seriously and immediately to reconciliation to unite again with our people 4. Overthrow the unjust government in Gazoo by coordination with the rest of the national parties in the Paleostinian arena 5. Initiate an intifada against the current situation in Gazoo. A peaceful intifada to say yes to unity and enough to the emirate of darkness. Shortly after noon, the page reported a hack attempt. The Hamas-affiliated page also has five demands: 1. The end of the regime of the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas 2. We demand a Paleostinian leadership honest nationalistic and elected 3. The release of the kidnapped politicians in the prisons of the Paleostinian authorities 4. Freedom of expression and opinion in the West Bank 5. Immediate shut down the detention of resisters and security cooperation with the enemy As if division is not enough in the parliament, politics, media, the judiciary, the ministries, the streets, and the cities, the parties now are trying to pass it on to our youth through Facebook. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Isn't it cute? They're trying to do what they see the big kids are doing. Only they don't understand that the big kids are doing it on their own, without government interference. On the other hand, if it catches on, they'll be much to busy to "resist" Israel for a while. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-04 12:47 |