Such an interesting statement, given that when Hamas won the January 2006 legislative election, violence erupted between factions in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip... and in Gaza Hamas took over by force of arms. There hasn’t been a “national” election since, though there’ve been ongoing reconciliation negotiations and several agreements, each duly cheated upon. [IsraelTimes] Deputy PM says Palestinians need to find common ground; PA Foreign Ministry slams funding freeze of UNRWA in response to some staffers’ Oct. 7 involvement as ‘collective punishment’
| 44% in the West Bank said they support Hamas, up from just 12% in September. In Gaza, the terror group enjoys 42% support, up from 38% three months ago. |
The Paleostinian Authority’s deputy prime minister said Saturday that President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....
would be willing to hand control over his government to Hamas |