Israel Matzav

Abu Mazen's advisor says Hamas fought 'Fatah collaborators'

Shots were fired at the house of a 'senior political advisor' to 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen, after he said in a television interview that those fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip were 'Fatah collaborators' and that the losing party in Gaza was US General Keith Dayton. The advisor, Hani al-Hassan, was dismissed from his post. He was apparently allowed to remain a member of Fatah's 'central committee.'

Al-Hassan's words severely discredit Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other Arab leaders' claims that the Gaza takeover was a coup against Palestinian democracy.

By making such statements the presidential advisor supports Hamas' claims that the war was between a small group of Fatah men who served Israel and the United States.

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Senior Fatah bodies demanded al-Hassan be dismissed from all his duties, but Abbas settled for firing him only from his post as senior political advisor.

Azzam al-Ahmad, head of the Fatah parliamentary bloc stressed that al-Hassan's words did not represent even the most junior Fatah member, and only represented his own position.

But give them a state reichlet and they'll learn to debate civilly among themselves and with the Jews....

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:14 PM