SECOND COMING OF THE NAKBA

Well, well, looks like Obama might get that big pre-election boost after all. You know his ratings are in the tank, the economy is shite and he needs a big-ass Obama miracle, and quickly! He's got to start running his re-election campaign very soon as the teabaggers are arming themselves and the neocons and Repugs are nipping at his ankles. He needs a serious popularity boost, some headlines filled with praise and worship to confirm he IS the the world's hero. Hmmmm what can he do, wave a magic O-wand and repair the world banking crisis and US debt, create immediate jobs for all those Americans, end the two useless wars. No, the "Big O" is looking elsewhere for his "miracle" and me thinks it has something to do with that "Nobel Peace Prize" joke, awarded to him for "future" achievements.

Flashback to July, remember this little ditty?

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1. U.S. warns Abbas: Direct talks or lose backing for state.

2. An Arab League subcommittee on the Arab peace initiative is expected to support the Palestinian position of continued indirect negotiations with Israel, and not a move toward direct talks.

3.The PA has asked the monitoring committee to recommend allowing the U.S. shuttle diplomacy between Ramallah and Jerusalem run its course until September (Check those calendars, it's almost September folks!)and then consider the PA's future moves.

So there I was checking up on the news regarding the evil rogue state today, and at first glance of reading the "Malarkey" below, thought I found the tooth fairy and Santa Claus instead, BUT, then Satan emerged!! What am I talking about? THIS:

London-based al-Hayat newspaper quotes Ramallah sources as saying prime minister (Netanyahu) has prepared plan for evacuation of 50,000 settlers.

Yeah, I hear you laughing, tooth fairy right? Wrong, now it gets serious there's more, and pay close attention to the part I have made "bold"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has prepared a "tempting" plan to be presented to the Palestinians in the direct negotiations, as part of which Israel will offer to withdraw from up to 90% of the West Bank, excluding east Jerusalem, the London-based Arabic-language al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Friday.

Listen, can you hear that sound? That's the Whooosh of East Jerusalem going to Israel. And...............this nasty deal won't even be a final one, just merely a wee "agreement" not a "Final Peace Agreement" So the evil rogue state can come back at any time and re-populate all those 50,000 settlers right back into their former homes on Palestinian land. Because, after all, it's only a "temporary" agreement to confiscate the whole of Jerusalem. There's more:

"knowledgeable sources" in Ramallah as saying that the prime minister's plan will be in the form of a new interim agreement, similar to the 1993 Oslo Accords. According to the sources, Netanyahu informed the Western delegates he met with recently that the current situation was not right for reaching a final peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, and that he planned to present a proposal for a new interim agreement, which would be "extensive and tempting" to the Palestinians.

And what about that "Arab League subcommittee" mentioned earlier who were backing Abbas to "not" have talks with Israel? Well Catherine Ashton, the US Quartet member is all over this one:

link Abbas "has requested a few more days for final consultations with Arab partners as well as with the Fatah and PLO executive bodies," Ashton wrote, and "should be in a position to give a definitive answer by Sunday or early next week."

And lastly, what's the plan Stan?

One of the ideas raised by Netanyahu's associates, the sources said, was coming up with a formula linking the future Palestinian state with its temporary borders to Jordan.

And there you have it, Wa Laa, in one fell swoop you have Obama's big-ass miracle and re-election gift, the "future" nobel peace prize thingie, and Isarel is all happy with stealing the whole of Jerusalem, and poor Palestine gets the shaft again. Nakba #2 begins.

CIA Trained FATAH Leadership

“We sat there in the Pentagon and said,
‘Who the f*@# recommended this?’?”

Sorry to say since Obama was elected it's the SSDD (Same shit different day) scenario for America. Obama is just a taller, darker more articulate version of Bush with whiter teeth and a bigger smile to draw you in.Let's look at foreign policy since he took office. Remember before the elections he said he'd talk to all people, including Iran's president? Well, that was because he thought the little CIA/Israeli operation during the recent elections would work and he knew he'd never have to actually do it. Now he uses the Iranian elections as an excuse to not keep his election promise. Now let's look at FATAH. Corrupt, infiltrated with Israeli agents, willing to sell Palestine down the river right out to the sea, if you pay them enough and keep them in power. With accusations flying from within FATAH over Abbas involvement with Ariel Sharon in Yasser Arafat's death, and now accusations of fraud, again from senior FATAH members since the FATAH conference. And now confirmation of what we already know, the CIA is involved in controlling and assisting FATAH in order to secure a GREAT deal for Israel and a shitty deal for Palestine.

The U.S. government has been meddling in the Palestinian internal affairs since at least 2003. Its effort is to transform the Palestinian national movement for liberation and independence into a more compliant or quisling government, willing to accede to Israel’s political and security demands.

“He is our guy.”

George W. Bush speaking of Palestinian security chief Muhammad Dahlan, June 4, 2003

The tactics employed by the U.S. include military, security, diplomatic, and political components. With the ascension of Hamas after the 2006 legislative election, U.S. strategy has been fixed on unraveling the election results. Its aim for a political comeback of the pro-American camp within the Palestinian body politic has been initiated with the convening of Fatah’s national conference this last week.

During the week of August 4, 2009, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fatah, convened its sixth national conference in its 44-year history. Fatah has historically been considered the largest Palestinian faction, but that perception changed when it lost the legislative elections to Hamas in January 2006. As the group wrapped up its conference after eight days, it announced the results of its elections. The international media, particularly western outlets, framed the election as “fresh” and “new” faces ascending to power in the movement. But what actually happened in the vote?

Fatah’s internal structure is unlike most political parties or resistance movements. It is not hierarchical and its members’ loyalty largely follows a system of patronage and factionalism embodied in a 23-member Central Committee.

The Central Committee is technically supposed to reflect a system of collective leadership and the political program of a national liberation movement. Even its founder, the late Yasser Arafat, who led the organization from its inception in 1965 until his death in 2004, did not have an official title beyond that of a member of the committee and commander-in-chief of its military wing. But over time, in the eyes of many Palestinians, Fatah’s leadership has symbolized, a system of cronyism, corruption, collaboration with Israel, and political failures, especially since the Oslo process.

Although its internal charter calls for a national conference every four years to elect its leadership, the major questions at the eve of this conference were: Why did it take Fatah two decades to convene this one? Did the election of Fatah’s new leadership reflect the aspirations of the Palestinian people and a new and fresh approach to the political process? And finally, who are the backers of the main individuals who were recently elected to lead it?

Fatah’s Central Committee led by Arafat made the strategic decision in 1988 to negotiate a political settlement with Israel, and accept the United States government as the main broker. For two decades, especially in the aftermath of the 1993 Oslo accords, the Palestinian issue gradually receded from the international agenda, becoming an almost exclusive affair between the U.S, Israel, and the Palestinian leadership whether it was the PLO or after 1994, the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Most neutral Middle East analysts such as Robert Malley, the Middle East Program Director at the International Crisis Group, and a former National Security Council (NSC) staff member during the Clinton administration, observe that American negotiators throughout several administrations (both Democratic and Republican) have mostly adopted the Israeli point of view and placed most of the pressure on the Palestinian leadership (whether Bill Clinton with Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak, or George W. Bush with Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert.)

During the first term of the Bush administration, Arafat, as the head of the PA, was isolated, while Washington promoted those within the Palestinian leadership such as Mahmoud Abbas (imposed on Arafat as prime minister in 2003), and former security chief Muhammad Dahlan, both of whom embraced the American strategy in the region. In 2005, Bush declared his freedom and democracy agenda, demanding elections in the Palestinian territories, and hoping for a Fatah victory to implement his vision.

However, the administration soon abandoned its agenda of promoting democracy in the Arab world when Hamas won a landslide victory in the January 2006 legislative elections. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed shock about the results saying, “No one saw it coming.” A Department of Defense official told David Rose of Vanity Fair in 2008, “Everyone blamed everyone else,” “We sat there in the Pentagon and said, ‘Who the f*@# recommended this?’?”

Ever since that election, the American administration employed three different but overlapping strategies in order to undo the results. These efforts by the State Department, the White House and the Defense Department, were scantily planned and poorly coordinated.

Throughout 2006 and the first half of 2007, the State Department used its diplomatic resources and political muscle to topple the democratically-elected Palestinian government led by Hamas. In an April 2008 report, Vanity Fair disclosed that an American talking point memo emerged after a U.S. diplomat accidentally left it behind in a Palestinian Authority building in Ramallah. The document echoed Rice’s demand that Abbas dissolve the national unity government and take on Hamas.

Meanwhile, as detailed by Vanity Fair, neo-con and NSC deputy director Elliot Abrams was plotting a coup in Gaza against Hamas with former Gaza security chief Muhammad Dahlan in the spring of 2007. It included coordination with Israel, several Arab countries such as UAE and Jordan, payments to Dahlan of over $30 million, the training of five hundred security personnel, a campaign to destabilize Gaza, and a torture program against Hamas members and other Islamists.

Dahlan admitted as much to the magazine’s writer, David Rose, saying that he told his American counterpart who was pushing for a confrontation with Hamas, “If I am going to confront them, I need substantial resources. As things stand, we do not have the capability.”

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on June 7, 2007, that the American administration had asked Israel to authorize a large Egyptian arms shipment, including dozens of armored cars, hundreds of armor-piercing rockets, thousands of hand grenades, and millions of rounds of ammunition. Rose explains that Abrams’s plan stressed the need to bolster Fatah’s forces in order to “deter” Hamas. According to a senior administration official the “desired outcome” was to give Abbas “the capability to take the required strategic political decisions (i.e. fulfilling the Israeli conditions for a political settlement) and dismissing the (Hamas led) cabinet, establishing an emergency cabinet.”

But Dick Cheney’s Middle East advisor, David Wurmser, admitted the failed effort when he told the magazine, “It look(ed) to me that what happened wasn’t so much a coup by Hamas but an attempted coup by Fatah that was pre-empted (by Hamas) before it could happen.”

The third effort, was mainly overseen by the Pentagon, and led by Lt. General Keith Dayton. In a speech before the pro-Israel think tank, the Washington Institute on Near East Policy (WINEP) in May 2009, he said that the Office of the U.S. Security Coordinator, which he has been leading since December 2005, is “an effort to assist the Palestinians in reforming their security services.” But according to the notes of a meeting between Dayton and a Palestinian security chief in Ramallah in early 2007, the real purpose of the mission was revealed when Dayton said, “[W]e also need to build up your forces in order to take on Hamas.”

Since 2007, Congress has given Dayton $161 million dollars to implement his plan. In addition, this year Congress appropriated an additional $209 million dollars to Dayton for the 2009 and 2010 fiscal years, to accelerate his program after receiving high marks from Israeli security chiefs. In the past year alone, more than 1,000 Hamas and Islamic Jihad members have been arrested and detained without trials, with many tortured and killed under interrogation, by U.S.-trained Palestinian security personnel in the West Bank. Amnesty International and many other human rights organizations have condemned these actions and called for an immediate halt to the human rights abuses of Palestinian detainees in PA prisons.

In his WINEP speech Dayton acknowledged this crackdown when he said, “I don't know how many of you are aware, but over the last year-and-a-half, the Palestinians have engaged upon a series of what they call security offensives throughout the West Bank, surprisingly well coordinated with the Israeli army.” He further admitted that during the 22-day Gaza war last winter, U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces prevented Palestinians in the West Bank from organizing mass protests against the Israeli army, which ironically allowed for the reduction of the Israeli military presence in the West Bank in order to redeploy those troops to Gaza. Dayton added, “As a matter of fact, a good portion of the Israeli army went off to Gaza from the West Bank— think about that for a minute, and the (Israeli military) commander (of the West Bank) was absent for eight straight days.”

After a failed coup and brutal military offensive failed to dislodge Hamas from Gaza, the Israeli and U.S. strategy sought to intensify its pressure against Hamas through a suffocating economic siege in Gaza, massive security detentions in the West Bank, financial squeeze in the region and political isolation internationally. Meanwhile, according to several Hamas spokesmen, including the deposed prime minister Ismael Haniyya in Gaza and political chief Khaled Meshal in Damascus, the main obstacle to any national reconciliation with Fatah has been the detention of hundreds of Hamas members and the PA’s security collaboration with the military occupation overseen by Dayton.

The next phase in this effort is to reinvent Fatah and present it as a viable political alternative to Hamas and other resistance movements by improving the living conditions in the West Bank in contrast to Gaza’s devastating siege. But more important, the plan envisions a new Fatah that is considered a reliable partner willing to accomodate Israel’s conditions for a political settlement. The sixth Fatah conference and accompanying elections was thus convened to dispose of its corrupt and dysfunctional image.

For over a year, the Central Committee, the highest body in its structure, could not agree on many major issues, including where to hold the conference (the final decision was to hold it in the occupied Palestinian territories, which means that Israel has a veto on which delegates from abroad would be allowed to participate). They also squabbled about which delegates would be appointed to the conference, which would determine the composition of the new leadership, as well as the political program and the role of armed resistance against the occupation. Abbas and his inner circle vetoed the decision of the committee, and decided to hold the conference in Bethlehem, virtually hand-picking all the participants to guarantee the election outcome.

Historically, the delegates to Fatah’s national conference were elected or appointed by the Central Committee, but at least fifty-one percent came from the military apparatus. Since most of the military wing has either been disbanded or wanted by the Israelis, a large number of the delegates to this conference were security personnel substituting for the military ones. This fact guaranteed that the election results would be skewed towards the security chiefs and their supporters.

The original number of delegates was supposed to be around 700. Then it increased to 1,250 but eventually mushroomed to 2,355. Less than ten percent were actually indirectly elected by the virtue of their positions, while the overwhelming majority was appointed by a small group in Ramallah led mainly by Abbas and other power brokers such as Dahlan and former West Bank security chief Jibreel Rujoub, who used to hang the picture of former CIA director George Tenet above his desk alongside that of Arafat.

The number of Central Committee members was also increased from 21 to 23, with 19 directly elected by the delegates. Abbas was to appoint four members later, but he himself was chosen by acclamation, to avoid embarrassment if he does not garner first place in a direct election. The 18 individuals who were elected at the end of the week-long conference comprised four from the “old guard” who are considered close to Abbas, and 14 new members, three of whom are former security chiefs who’ve been close to the CIA. These include Dahlan, Rujoub, and Tawfiq Tirawi, a former intelligence chief, who is currently heading a security training academy in Jericho under the supervision of Gen. Dayton.

From the outset, this conference was heavily tilted towards delegates from the West Bank. Unlike previous conferences, Palestinians in the Diaspora were hardly represented since Israel allowed only a few people to enter from abroad. While Gaza’s population is equal to that of the West Bank, less than 400 people were selected as delegates from Gaza, while there were over three times as many delegates from the West Bank.

But most of the Gaza delegates did not even attend because Hamas prevented them from leaving the strip, demanding in return that hundreds of its detained members in the West Bank be freed by the PA, which it summarily refused. In short, aside from Dahlan, who no longer lives in Gaza, not a single elected person is from or lives in Gaza. This prompted the entire Fatah leadership in Gaza, including former Central Committee member Zakariya al-Agha, to resign en mass one day after the conference, protesting not only the results, but also the whole election process.

Similarly, Fatah members abroad did not fare well. Only two people were elected to the Central Committee, though more than two-thirds of Palestinians (eight million) live outside of the Palestinian territories, many in squalid refugee camps, with the “right of return”, considered a hot- button issue in future negotiations, up in the air. On the other hand, the overwhelming majority of the new members were either from the West Bank or already living in Ramallah as part of Abbas’ closest aides, affirming the American-led ‘West Bank first’ strategy.

Some of the historic old guard who oppose Abbas’s political program such as Central Committee secretary Farouk Kaddoumi or Hani Al-Hassan did not even attend or run as candidates. Kaddoumi condemned the conference, questioned its legitimacy, and went as far as accusing Abbas and Dahlan of plotting with the Israelis to poison Arafat, eventually causing his death.

Other former members who ran as candidates were defeated and cried foul. Former prime minister and negotiator Ahmad Qurai (Abu Alaa) questioned the credentials of the delegates and the integrity of the election procedure. When Abbas chief of staff, Tayeb Abdel-Rahim lost, he demanded a recount and was eventually declared a winner, after the election committee claimed he was actually tied for last. Many delegates, especially female candidates, all of whom lost, criticized this blatant cronyism. Nevertheless, several popular and “clean” candidates were able to win a seat such as Marwan Bargouthi, who is serving five life sentences in Israel, and Mahmoud Al-Aloul, a former mayor of Nablus.

As Palestinians watched this conference unfold, many were hoping that it would be the beginning of a national reconciliation and the establishment of a unity government. However, it seems that as a result of this conference Fatah itself may further disintegrate, as its Gaza leaders and Abu Alaa are threatening to launch a new faction called “Fatah Awakening,” further increasing division and tension within the Palestinian ranks.

The next step in the strategy of the pro-American camp is to hold presidential and legislative elections in the Palestinian territories next January, hoping to present a rejuvenated Fatah as an alternative to Hamas and other resistance movements. Jonathan Steele of the Guardian further exposed on June 22, 2007 the U.S. "hard coup" of June ’07, as well as its political strategy. He detailed US officials' conversations with several Arab regimes. These were, among others, “ ‘to maintain President Abbas and Fatah as the center of gravity on the Palestinian scene’, ‘avoid wasting time in accommodating Hamas,’ ‘undermining Hamas’s political status,’ and ‘calling for early elections.’”

In the words of Gen. Dayton, the Palestinian personnel trained by the U.S pledge after their graduation that they “were not sent here to learn how to fight Israel, but were rather sent here to learn how to keep law and order.” The main purpose of these security battalions is to halt any resistance to or rejection of the occupation including non-violent means. He then added that senior Israeli military commanders frequently ask him, "How many more of these new Palestinians can you generate, and how quickly?”

Many of the questions, posed by ordinary Palestinians before the conference, remain unanswered. What is Fatah’s political program in light of the current Israeli intransigence and pre-conditions? What of national reconciliation with other Palestinian factions and the establishment of a national unity government? What is the role of resistance against the occupation, the suffocating siege against Gaza, and most importantly, the continuous collaboration with the Israeli security agencies and military against their own citizens?

These questions persist while Israel’s occupation and its brutal policies, the expansion of settlements, the separation wall, the detention of over 11,000 Palestinians, the expropriation of land, the depopulation of East Jerusalem’s Palestinian residents, and the denial of Palestinian refugees’ right of return, continue unabated.

Simply put, the U.S. wants a Palestinian leadership that will answer these questions in a way that is satisfactory to Israel. As one State Department official said to Vanity Fair regarding American objectives in the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, “[W]e care about results, and [we support] whatever son of a bitch [w]e have to support. Dahlan was the son of a bitch we happened to know best.” source

Now that you have just read that, cast your mind to the recent gun battle in Gaza between the Al-Qaeda linked group going after HAMAS. Remember the US and Israel want to topple the democratically elected governmet of Gaza. Then remember that the US has had no problems supporting Bin Ladin and his gang in the past, when they needed them, like in Afghanistan..............wake up to what is happening here. After the "Bush" years of "Let's Smoke Em Out of Their Holes" military logic that FAILED misreably and destroyed the view of America worldwide. The US is on to a new way of war, a cleaner version, using the shiny new smiling face of Obama the man of "hope". Overthrowing Governments and election results they don't like, using the CIA, infiltration, big money, and the myriad of Obama supporting internet groups and think tanks all connected to Obama since he ran for office last year.

Iran Elections vs Fatah Elections

Aside from saying "Fiddle"
All I have to say is Fatah is in trouble and this will end in tears

Former Palestinian Authority prime minister Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala) dropped a bombshell when he announced that the forgery in Iran's recent presidential election was nothing compared to what happened in Fatah.

Qurei, who failed to be reelected to the Central Committee, said that there was growing discontent in Fatah over the alleged fraud.

"There are many big question marks about the election, the way it was conducted and the way the votes were counted," Qurei told the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper. "There were behind-the-scenes arrangements that removed some names and added others to the [winning] list."

Pointing out that three of the candidates who were elected were former security commanders who used to work closely with Israel, Qurei asked: "Was it by coincidence that these men won?" He said that the election of these candidates - Jibril Rajoub, Muhammad Dahlan and Tawfik Tirawi - showed that "someone wants to see rubber stamps" among the Fatah leadership.

"This is a harsh and difficult phase and there are offers for a temporary state without Jerusalem and the refugees," Qurei said. "Apparently there are some people who have taken this into consideration."

Earlier, every member of Fatah's Higher Committee in the Gaza Strip submitted their resignations, in protest against what one of them described as "massive fraud" in the election for the Central Committee.

The resignations are seen as a serious embarrassment for Abbas and Fatah

"The Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip reject the results of the vote," said Ahmed Abu Nasr, a senior Fatah official. "These elections have damaged Fatah's reputation."

He added that dozens of Fatah delegates from the Strip who were denied the right to cast their ballots were demanding the establishment of a commission of inquiry to look into their allegations.

Many Fatah members were shocked late Wednesday when they discovered that one of Abbas's old-time colleagues, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, was added to the list of winners at the last minute.

Preliminary results had shown that Abdel Rahim, a prominent representative of the Fatah old guard, did not get enough votes. source

Uh Boy, FATAH Conference Hasbara

SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In an amazing turn of events, Abbas takes “Hasbara” lessons from Israel and uses them at Conference. Yup, remember when on July 14th, Farouq Qaddoumi, the secretary general of the Fatah’s central committee accused Abbas of working with Israel's Ariel Sharon to murder Yassir Arafat? Then when the media covered this, Remember Dictator Abbas' answer was to ban Aljazeera from broadcasting in the West Bank? And then, more revelations ensued as Qaddoumi claims he knows of tapes that confirm the allegations.

Since then a real Brouhaha began and FATAH began to fracture even more. Not that it was coherent to begin with, which is why Abbas has waited forever to call this conference. But anyway, then he opens the conference and casts "fire and brimstone" onto HAMAS because they won the election with a majority of seats, even in FATAH strongholds like Ramallah. Then, after bashing HAMAS, he suddenly morphs himself into HAMAS and sings the praises of "Palestinian Resistance" Go figure! He's clearly in a meltdown, but back to the Yassir Arafat thingie, here's some awesome hasbara from Abbas, to deflect any guilt from himself over the death of Arafat, he calls for an "inquiry" into his death. Either another corrupt deal has been done with Abbas, or it won't be long before Farouq Qaddoumi has some "accident" like he vanishes along with his tapes A La Israeli agents. Viola, here today, gone tomorrow

The Fatah Congress on Thursday unanimously ruled that Israel is behind the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The congress decided to set up a Palestinian inquiry commission to probe the matter, with its members to be appointed at a later date.

Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Kidwa, however, is expected to head the commission. The congress also called for an international inquiry commission to investigate the circumstances of Arafat's death source

I seriously doubt any truth will come of this "Inquiry" as if Israel would cooperate ROFLMAO, or Abbas would allow himself to be investigated by real investigators, again ROFLMAO. But ya gotta give Abbas the "hasbara" award..........He has learned the skill well.

Abbas Goes Mental...Becomes Delusional

Abbas Goes Mental at FATAH Conference. Oh, where do I start, me says whilst shaking my head in disbelief. Here’s the subject of the opening statement from Abbas the dictator and Israeli Agent. Notice how he shoots himself in the foot (hint-bolded words are a clue):

Telegraph Mr Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority who is also known as Abu Mazen, said Hamas was guilty of polarizing the Palestinian people and usurping legitimate politicians after they won an election in Gaza but then ran Fatah out of the territory two years ago.

Let’s break this down; “Hamas was guilty of polarizing the Palestinian people and usurping legitimate politicians” So, because HAMAS won a legitimate election, monitored by international representatives, then declared to be legal and fair, this somehow translates into some evil plan to “polarize” Palestinians. I'd say there was a gaping polarization long before the first vote was cast! Ooooh, that’s the problem when you have open and free elections, sometimes they don’t’ go as you planned, its called democracy. Instead of rejecting their democratic mandate, perhaps Abbas should prove he supports the vote of the Palestinian people and form a Government with those who actually won the Majority of votes in the election, and btw, that would be HAMAS. They won 76 seats out of 132, which is a BIG majority. FATAH only took 43 seats, a CLEAR minority. Then after the Battle of Gaza in 2007, HAMAS was thrown out of the PNA in the West Bank, and replaced by FATAH and others. Leaving them only Gaza. Like I said, Abbas supports democracy when the results suit, just like Israel and America.

So, here’s the next bit of his statement that is massive BS; “usurping legitimate politicians after they won an election in Gaza” what? He just said HAMAS usurped “legitimate” politicians, after it “won” an election in “Gaza” Three big porkies in that statement. In fact, it is the other way round, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, a FATAH stronghold, HAMAS actually won ALL the seats except one that must be filled by a Christian. So, who is “usurping” who? And when Abbas makes the statement that HAMAS won in “Gaza” that is also a lie and covered in the above sentence as well where I point out HAMAS victory in Ramallah, clearly the West Bank and NOT Gaza. To address the next porkie pie lie, we can take a look at what was said immediately after the election in the West Bank by FATAH officials and the then FATAH Prime Minister:

Washington PostPrime Minister Ahmed Qureia, another Fatah leader, resigned his post along with his cabinet early Thursday, as reports of Hamas's victory began to circulate. Qureia acknowledged in submitting his resignation that Hamas had earned the right to form the next cabinet. This is the choice of the people," Qureia, a member of the party's discredited old guard who did not run for reelection, told reporters here. "It should be respected."

So, it is Abbas who is not respecting the Democratic Mandate of Palestinian voters, and here is part of the reason why:

Washington Post The election results stunned U.S. and Israeli officials, who have repeatedly stated that they would not work with a Palestinian Authority that included Hamas. Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said in a statement that the Palestinian people had "voted democratically and peacefully."

We clearly have a situation where once again America (and Israel) thought “wrongly” that FATAH would win the majority.America and Israel have no understanding of Muslims what so ever. As they did not, and the election was declared legal and democratic by Bush himself the day of the elections, but before he knew the outcome. Then when Israel, America and crooked corrupt FATAH don’t like the democratic results, they then begin to strip power from those who actually WERE elected. This is why any deal with FATAH and Israel will fail miserably without HAMAS being involved. If you make deals with the minority, then you cannot expect success. Ah, but never you mind, Israel and the US have a plan, which I will cover in another post.

And finally, I’m saying this now, something’s up with this conference and it’s not going to be fair and square. FATAH is in the midst of a split, they are terribly corrupt, they give everything to Israel and get nothing in return (witness all the settlements in the WEST bank, none in Gaza, wonder why?) Abbas has put off this conference for ages as he knew he did not have majority support even within his own party. The recent accusations on the death of Yassir Arafat are only one tiny aspect of the split. Given that Israel stated it would allow all FATAH members from GAZA to cross the border for the conference, and Israel also let out of jail other FATAH members, Israel is clearly attempting to pad the vote in favor of Abbas. And I’ll bet money that other FATAH members who are not in favor of Abbas will be denied entry. Abbas term as President ended in January, there is no way Abbas would have finally called the conference if he did not believe or know that he had the majority, he’d never risk being replaced otherwise. It’s an American/Israeli/FATAH fix, and it will end in tears for all…………..you heard it here first.

The Abbas-Arafat Murder Accusation Deepens

Well, this is certainly interesting, another possible nail in the coffin of Abbas's reign as King. I reported on July 14th about the accusations from FATAH senior official Farouq Qaddoumi, the secretary general of the Fatah’s central committee where he claims Abbas colluded with Sharon to murder Yassir Arafat. And now it appears he has tapes to help prove his accusations. FATAH is in serious trouble, never mind about HAMAS and FATAH unity as Fatah has bigger problems to sort out within it's own ranks. Report below:

Source: Qaddoumi has audio tapes supporting his accusations against Abbas

A Palestinian informed source in Damascus revealed on condition of anonymity that Farouk Al-Qaddoumi, the secretary general of the Fatah’s central committee, has audio tapes of late president Yasser Arafat that support his accusations against Mahmoud Abbas and Mohamed Dahlan.

Al-Jazeera satellite channel on Wednesday quoted the source as saying that Qaddoumi has solid evidence including documents and audio tapes made by Arafat when Israel isolated him in his besieged headquarters in Ramallah, specifically when he discharged Abbas from his post as a premier.

The source added that there are also testimonies given by Fatah leaders Mohamed Jihad and Hani Al-Hasan that prove the involvement of Abbas and Dahlan in the killing of Arafat.

According to the source, Qaddoumi is making nowadays contacts with Fatah leaders living abroad and with leaders of Al-Aqsa Brigades at home so as not to leave the arena for Abbas who controls the central committee and the revolutionary council at will while Dahlan oversees everything regarding the sixth conference of Fatah.

The source noted that the majority of the Palestinian factions based in Damascus made a decision to protect and defend Qaddoumi and his national history.

COUP ANYONE? US/Israel/Fatah Join Hands

Is anyone paying attention here?

In Palestine, what do you do when you have an Election coming in 6 months, you are a corrupt party, you don't have the majority of support of Palestinian people and you are backed by Israel and the US? Why of course, you postpone the elections for ANOTHER 2 years. During which time you will continue to work as agents for America and Israel (who recently gave you weapons) to use against your own people, to come up with a plan to overthrow or kill-off in a bloody coup, your opponent who actually does have the majority of support. In other words, you cheat and collaborate with the enemy, Israel... FATAH is an utter disgrace. But that's not all folks, there's more eye opening info after article below:

The Jerusalem Post quoted a senior Israeli military official who said that the Palestinian Authority preferred to postpone the elections scheduled for next January to 2012.

Hamas has repeatedly condemned the PA, which is led by the US-backed President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, for delaying previous elections. It maintains that since elections were postponed, Abbas' term technically ended in January of this year and that he is no longer the legitimate president of Palestine.

This is true. Would Americans allow Bush to just extend his term for another 4 years, I doubt it! But America supports Abbas in doing so. That's not democracy, it's dictatorship.

Israeli official claimed that Abbas was happy with the internal Palestinian state of affairs, and would stop any effort to make a deal with Hamas. It also reported that the PA, in cooperation with the US and EU, was building more prisons in the West Bank, presumably to house Hamas arrestees. link

So, let's take a look at the history of US involvement in backing the corrupt Israeli agent FATAH party. Anyone who thinks Obama is any different than Bush is not paying attention. Obama kept this Bush guy: Lieutenant General Keith W. Dayton, United States Army, is currently the U.S. Security Coordinator for the Israel-Palestinian Authority in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has also served as the Director of the Iraq Survey Group, right, there's some "real change" for ya! Yeah, keep him involved, because Iraq was "such" a success.........So we have a military agent working in a position that is supposed to come with an impartial eye towards resolving the I/P conflict, yeah right. Check this out from 2007, TWO years ago:

Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton, the USCC working with the Palestinians, in testimony Wednesday before the House Subcommittee on the Middle East. "The legal security forces of the Palestinian president still lack what they need to achieve … law and order."

The State Department has in the past denied that America's non-lethal training of the presidential guard of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah

But at the hearing Dayton highlighted the US role in helping Fatah as it faces attacks from the Islamic radicals in Hamas.

"We are leading, through the acts of this Congress, the international effort to possibly affect this worrisome situation," he said. "The security assistance plan that you have authorized me to just begin to implement is pointing the way forward for all international and regional allies."

Hmmmmm "Regional Allies" code words for Israel, where, of course Dayton is stationed, how cozy. Now, here comes the money:

Congress recently allowed $59 million to be used to further Dayton's efforts at training the presidential guard of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.

The money, however, didn't go through the normal appropriation process, as the White House took previously approved funds and simply reallocated them.

"We are entering a rough patch," Dayton acknowledged, "but all is not lost and our regional partners share that sentiment.

Surprise!! There's that troublesome code phrase again; "regional partners"Interested in having a little proof that FATAH are truly American and Israeli agents? Well, here' ya go, right from the mouth of Col Dayton himself when he spoke to the Middle East subcommittee in Washington in 2007:

"Nothing we do to strengthen the Palestinian's security capability will be targeted against Israel … The presidential guard will not become a threat to Israel." source

Check out that last line "The presidential guard will not become a threat to Israel" Why? because they are working for and with the US and Israel to overthrow the elected Government of Gaza. To remove democracy in a US/Israeli/FATAH coup. So what does HAMAS have to say today about all of this?

Dr. Yousuf Rezqa, the political advisor to Palestinian premier Ismail Haniyeh said; Regarding the national dialog, he underlined that the future of dialog is dependent on ending the file of political arrest in the West Bank and terminating the security mission of US officer Keith Dayton in the West Bank. link

SHOCK STATEMENT FROM ISRAEL

My world is spinning off it's axis:
Avigdor Lieverman praises HAMAS and attacks Abbas.......

If ever there was a poster child for shooting yourself in the foot because you cannot control your racist ego, it's Avigdor Lieberman, the Nazi FM settler. In one sweeping statement he says Abbas is now illegitimate and that HAMAS is 1/2 the Government and eludes to Abbas as being quite possibly less than "half" the Government and slipping. Would be nice to think he had suddenly become intelligent, but alas it's only his racist ego speaking. Still quite funny though:

"Abu Mazen [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas] isn't exactly legitimate,

Speaking on Israel Radio, Lieberman was referring to Abbas's statement Sunday that, if he were prime minister of Israel, he would have appointed Kadima leader Tzipi Livni as foreign minister and not Lieberman.

The lower Abu Mazen's legitimacy drops, the harsher his demands become, Liebmerman added.

"We signed an agreement with the Palestinian Authority, which represents all the Palestinians. Today we have 'Fatah-land' in the West Bank and 'Hamas-stan' in Gaza. Who exactly does Abu Mazen represent? At best, half of the nation," he said. SOURCE

Hey Lieberman, I think the Livni statement is one thing FATAH and HAMAS could agree on LOL