Amira Hass: Fatah’s gauntlet
Posted in 1 by beyondtheborder on August 19, 2009
If the results have been so disastrous, why are they not discussed openly? It is hard to hold a debate on the weapons fantasy when thousands of families have lost loved ones because of it. It is hard to hold such a debate when thousands of Palestinians have paid with their freedom, including many who never held a gun. It is hard to hold such a debate when people who participated in this fantasy have been elected to Fatah’s central committee. Moreover, such a debate might have addressed the way senior Fatah members used the “armed struggle” to divert public criticism of the PA and its failures, and salvage Fatah’s prestige as a liberation movement.
For full article, visit http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1108571.html
Tagged with: Amira Hass, armed struggle, Fatah, Fatah's Sixth Congress, IDF, Intifadah, PA, Palestinian Authority, peace talks, Resistance
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