Ah Oh, things are getting ugly. I guess we'll have to wait an see, but looks like Israel and American will be able to sit on the side lines while they fight it out internally. I wonder if they think the election was rigged.

I said yesterday that they would implode on themselves and that is exactly what is happening.

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right JP. I hope you're in the right line of work, so you can put this to good use.

The demonstration is much like those of the Sunnis in Iraq that we see from time to time. Those men have benefitted from money, status and jobs handed out by the Palestinean Authority because they are Fatah members and Fatah controlled the PA. Now they are facing a loss of all three and they are angry. Given that Palestinean politics often resembles rivalries between street gangs more than it does western politics, the violent demonstration is not surprising. They are looking for a scapegoat and they will be a source of trouble for Hamas because they are armed and discontented.

Kewl. Get out the popcorn and watch them all destroy each other. Could be the best thing to happen in the Middle East in a long time. And if they make a move towards Israel; they are toast!

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

This was interesting:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/...l_palestinians
The Israeli government says "no way", but if the people really want them to, they'll talk.

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Which newspapers with what political leanings?

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No idea, the story doesn't say.

According to a quick Google search, there were a couple of polls taken last week by Maariv and Yediot Ahronet -- both Hebrew dailies.

The Maariv poll found that 40% favor talks with Hamas if Hamas renounces violence; another 27% support talks with no strings attached.

The Yediot poll had 48% favoring talks with Hamas, and 43% opposed.

I don't know if those were the two polls being referred to.

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