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Arabs Fed Up With "Palestinians"
Strategy Page ^ | 5/8/08

Posted on 05/08/2008 9:58:46 AM PDT by pabianice

May 8, 2008: The Palestinians are fragmenting into dozens of mutually antagonistic factions. The new West Bank police, organized by Fatah, has found themselves battling clan, political and religious militias. Hamas continues to support attacks on Israel, which comes down to several crude Kassam rockets fired into southern Israel each day, plus several attempts to attack Israeli troops guarding the border between Gaza and Israel. Hamas continues to insist that, long range, they will destroy Israel. Because of that, Israeli military leaders do not want to have any ceasefire with Hamas, believing it will be used to pile up more rockets and fortifications for their next major attack on Israel. But the U.S., Europeans and Arab nations want a cease fire, so the Israelis continue to negotiate. Everyone understands that a ceasefire would not be an absolute halt to violence. Several Palestinian terrorist groups would refuse to participate in any ceasefire, and the Israelis would go after key terrorist personnel after such attacks.

Since these peace talks began six months ago, nearly 500 people, most of them Palestinians, have died in terrorist attacks and counter-terror operations. Currently, the UN is demanding that Israel resume fuel shipments to Gaza, despite Hamas attacks on the fuel transfer gate and facilities. Hamas is using the fuel shortage to keep their security forces moving, while denying mobility to the anti-Hamas groups in Gaza.

More Arab diplomats are privately telling the Palestinians (both Hamas and Fatah) that the Arab world is fed up with Palestinian squabbling, corruption and general inability to move forward. This is not expected to change anything, and avoids the fact that the Arab nations caused many of the Palestinians problems by not allowing Palestinians to migrate to other Arab nations after 1947 (the Palestinians could only stay as refugees). Israeli traditionalists see all this as an opportunity to take control of more land in the West Bank (which they see as part of “Greater Israel”) and East Jerusalem (traditionally the Arab side of town). The Palestinians insist on removing all Israelis from areas they have moved into since 1967 (when Israel conquered the West Bank). That is not likely to happen because the small religious parties in the Israeli parliament are crucial for forming a government.

In Lebanon, Hezbollah has become increasingly violent, using groups of masked men to attack similarly outfitted pro-government (Sunni and Christian) gangs. Neither side is willing to spark another civil war, yet both sides are becoming more aggressive.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: arabs; palestinians
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To: Levante
The PLO fought a war with Jordan in 1970 when the Jordanians were stupid enough to take them in

Known ever since as "Black September".

L

21 posted on 05/08/2008 11:45:54 AM PDT by Lurker (Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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To: forkinsocket

If Israel could be invisible for about 5 years, there would be no Arabs/Palis left - they’d all kill each other.


22 posted on 05/08/2008 11:46:45 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: pabianice

“which comes down to several crude Kassam rockets fired into southern Israel each day”

The writer has a bit of a bias. The Kassams aren’t exactly crude and it just a touch more than “several times a day”!


23 posted on 05/08/2008 11:55:26 AM PDT by swmobuffalo ("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
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To: pabianice
Hello! Arabs have always hated Palestinians. That is why Palis have no land!

NO one wants them.


24 posted on 05/08/2008 12:03:49 PM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Lady Jag

BUMP!


25 posted on 05/08/2008 12:13:32 PM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: Lady Jag

BUMP!


26 posted on 05/08/2008 12:14:20 PM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: pabianice

“Arabs Fed Up With “Palestinians”

The irony here is that the Israeli’s are the only people in the Middle East that will tolerate them.


27 posted on 05/08/2008 12:38:56 PM PDT by Spok (Ignorance is no excuse-it's the real thing.)
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To: Publius6961
If no one wants anything to do with them and their only way to Allah is martyrdom, why don't we tell those who feel they just have to go to heaven to gather all in one place and we will help oblige them.


28 posted on 05/08/2008 1:17:22 PM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Desron13

Unfortunately, the Isrealis (God bless them) have their share of loser leftists.


29 posted on 05/08/2008 3:30:52 PM PDT by Levante
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To: PackerBoy
Name me one thing that the "Palestinians" have created in their entire existence. I double dare ya.

Terrorism, murder, torture, skyjackings, the list goes on and on...

Mark

30 posted on 05/08/2008 3:37:11 PM PDT by MarkL
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