Posted on 04/18/2002 1:36:13 PM PDT by Kay Soze
Facts about PA Elections
From Al-Akhbar, 9 January, 1996
The 7 major Palestinian factions call tomorrow's PA election the sanctification by ballot of Yasser Arafat's dictatorship under the shadow of Israeli occupation, while the Central Election Commission calls it "the beginning of a new democratic chapter in the history of Palestine."
A closure has been imposed on the territories from 4 a.m. this morning until the same time Sunday morning as part of the tight security arrangements.
Thousands of Palestinian policemen were deployed at polling stations yesterday to monitor election. The most prominent election monitor, former US president Jimmy Carter, arrived yesterday, heading a delegation from his Atlanta-based Carter Center.
Carter said some independent candidates had been kept off Palestinian television and radio. "In the Palestinian community, independent and other candidates have not been given access to the electronic media. This has not been fair," Carter told a news conference in east Jerusalem, Reuter reported. "There has also been a pattern of intimidation," Carter said. "Some of the most prominent human rights observers, human rights activists among the Palestinians have been arrested, distinguished journalists have been arrested ...this intimidation has not been helpful."
The elections come in the wake of the assassination of the Hamas's Yihye Ayyash and recent arrests by Palestinian Police of activists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. One was arrested in Ramallah for sticking up posters calling for a boycott of the elections. Three others were arrested on suspicion of attacks on Jewish settlers in Bethlehem this week. Weeks before PA arrested human rights activists and number of jounalists.
Why is it OK by the liberals for such human rights abuses to be perped on the Palies and the citizens of Israel?
Are they more concerned about human rights or do they just hate the Jews so much that to get to the Jews they will give up all human rights that even the Palies should have?
Araft also tried to secure the release of Sirhan Sirhan... Why? Here
What is the process?
you were the reason I read and posted this article - Thank you!
A ping is just like a reply, to call attention to whomever you want to read the information. Then, when that person does a self search, they will see that you posted to them, and can go to the thread to see what it is.
The reason I asked, is because I asked you to let me know if you found any articles on Arafat's election process. If you find any more, ping me please.
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