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2006-05-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 DFLP and PFLP are the old "far left" Leninist and/or pro-Syrian wing of the secular PLO. IIUC they broke with Fatah after Oslo, which they rejected. That AAMB has formed a united front with them is a clear sign that AAMB is not really aligned with mainstream Fatah anymore.

and yes, it looks like you really will need a scorecard for this little to do. Youve got Hamas, the more rejectionist Islamic Jihad, the pro-"peace process" Fatah mainstream, the secular rejectionist front outlined above. and maybe Al Qaeeda. With the Israelis intervening from time to tims as their interests require.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2006-05-18 09:33|| 2006-05-18 09:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Country-made rockets!

Posted by 6 2006-05-18 14:23|| 2006-05-18 14:23|| Front Page Top

#3 A group of Palestinian brigades claimed joint responsibility for shelling Sderot settlement...

Holy eliminationism, Batman!

Sderot is inside Israel, not a supposedly disputed territory. It's a settlement in the same sense as Dubuque or Chippewa Falls.

Of course, all of Israel is a settlement from the Arab perspective, and since aiming to kill "settlers" gets a warm, fuzzy reaction from those easily cowed into appeasement, heck, why not make them all settlers?

Posted by Baba Tutu 2006-05-18 16:38|| 2006-05-18 16:38|| Front Page Top

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