Hamas nam de macht over in Gaza omdat het alleenherschappij wilde, al had het in de verkiezingen geen absolute meerderheid van stemmen behaald (door een soort districtenstelsel had zij wel de absolute meerderheid in afgevaardigden). Sinds enige tijd staat Fatah in peilingen op een flinke voorsprong, ook in de Gazastrook. Het is bovendien niet erg democratisch dat een militaire organisatie tegelijk politieke partij is en als zodanig aan de verkiezingen deelneemt, en dit druist in tegen de Oslo vredesakkoorden, waarin Palestijnse verkiezingen worden geregeld. Het valt de VS aan te rekenen dat zij aandrong op verkiezingen waaraan Hamas deelnam, zonder de voorwaarde te stellen dat zij zich tot een ware politieke partij omvormt en de militaire tak afstoot.
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Last update - 15:38 04/10/2008
Last update - 15:38 04/10/2008
Palestinian Authority on alert for Hamas takeover of West Bank
Palestinian security forces in the West Bank have taken measures to prevent killings of leaders of the Palestinian Authority and its political power base, Fatah party, by the Islamic group Hamas, a pan-Arab newspaper reported on Saturday.
The London-based daily al-Sharq al-Awsat quoted Hamas members in West Bank as saying that the Islamists plan to take over the PA-ruled West Bank in the same way they took control of the Gaza Strip last year.
"The oppression that the security services put on us will not last for long," a Hamas supporter was quoted as saying, referring to the Fatah crackdowns on Hamas members in the West Bank.
The source added that security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "have not learned their lesson from what happened in Gaza."
Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces in the Gaza Strip in June 2007 and seized control of the salient in reaction, Hamas claims, to attempts by Abbas' U.S.- and Israeli-backed Fatah movement to prevent Hamas from ruling after the Islamist party won parliamentary elections.
The Gaza Strip and West Bank became politically separate entities, with the two warring sides cracking down on their opponents.
Meanwhile, a senior Hamas leader, based in Gaza, said the crackdown by pro-Abbas forces against Hamas members in the West Bank "will backfire."
The London-based daily al-Sharq al-Awsat quoted Hamas members in West Bank as saying that the Islamists plan to take over the PA-ruled West Bank in the same way they took control of the Gaza Strip last year.
"The oppression that the security services put on us will not last for long," a Hamas supporter was quoted as saying, referring to the Fatah crackdowns on Hamas members in the West Bank.
The source added that security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "have not learned their lesson from what happened in Gaza."
Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces in the Gaza Strip in June 2007 and seized control of the salient in reaction, Hamas claims, to attempts by Abbas' U.S.- and Israeli-backed Fatah movement to prevent Hamas from ruling after the Islamist party won parliamentary elections.
The Gaza Strip and West Bank became politically separate entities, with the two warring sides cracking down on their opponents.
Meanwhile, a senior Hamas leader, based in Gaza, said the crackdown by pro-Abbas forces against Hamas members in the West Bank "will backfire."
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