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| 2006-12-09 |
| Palestinians rally in favor of Hamas Advisor to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Ahmad Abed Arachman said Friday that Hamas must recognize Israel and honor all existing agreements between Israel and the Palestinians. ...Haniyeh vowed that the Hamas government would never recognize Israel and would continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem. ...Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Palestinians demonstrated on Friday afternoon in favor of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority government, and demanded that Haniyeh remain in power even if a unity government were established. On Thursday, Haniyeh arrived in the Iranian capital for a four-day visit for talks with Iranian leaders including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map. As he does once a week. On the other hand Palestinians protest in Gaza, W. Bank Hundreds of Palestinian police firing in the air pushed into Gaza City's parliament building and dozens of parents carrying infants broke into a West Bank clinic Saturday in protests against the cash-strapped Hamas government. There's always money for ammo. ...On Saturday, more than 2,500 members of the security forces, many loyal to Abbas' Fatah movement, marched toward the parliament building in Gaza City. Parliament guards, most of them from Hamas, tried to block the crowd, but were pushed aside as protesters fired in the air. Marchers alleged that Hamas was paying its own militia, the so-called Executive Force, while neglecting the members of the regular security forces. Addressing Hamas legislators inside the building over a loudspeaker, one of the protesters said: "Why are you hiding? Why are you ignoring our demands while you are feeding and increasing your militia and distributing the money that you smuggled from the outside." No fair, not sharing. We also kill Jews. Finally Abbas decides to call early elections By ASSOCIATED PRESS Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said he would call early elections to end a political impasse with Hamas, but left the door open to a compromise with the Islamic militant group, PLO officials said. Abbas announced his decision at a meeting of the PLO's powerful executive committee, and plans a formal announcement in a nationwide speech later this week. "At the end of the speech, he is going to announce that he will resort to early presidential and legislative elections but will keep the door open" for forming a unity government with Hamas, said committee member Khalida Jarar. Unity talks between Hamas and Abbas' Fatah movement recently broke down. |
| Posted by:gromgoru |
| #2 Big Al's got Nitti on his side. Gotta go with Big Al. former southsider borgboy |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-12-09 14:15 |
| #1 So, who will win? The Moran gang or the Capone gang? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-12-09 13:32 |