A recent poll highlighted that if asked to vote today, less than 15% of Palestinians would vote for Hamas. After the Gaza debacle, this is not surprising. But the tragedy is that they are now entrenched there and they will be hard-pressed to accept elections. Neither Fatah in the West Bank nor Hamas in Gaza [...]
Published under ‘onevoice & middle east’
Since 2002 we have slowly recruited more and more citizens to join the OneVoice Movement. Never have I seen so much energy in the drive to get more signatories. The OneVoice Palestine office in Ramallah asked Abdullah Hamarshe, who normally works as the security guard, to focus on signing up people in his home area [...]
Final high school exam grade results were released in the West Bank today. I could not get through for hours on calls to Jawal (Palestinian) cell phones. Every year this day lines get tied by parents anxious to learn of their childrens’ results. *********** This is usually the case in Gaza also. With Hamas having [...]
INTRAfadah (also a Definition)
Published under Definitions by DL, Middle East, OneVoice Movement Aug 07, 2007If there is no progress towards a two-state solution, the next wave of violence will be an INTRAfadah within the West Bank. *** Intrafadah: a violent uprising like the first and second intifadah, only this time instead of Palestinians fighting the Israelis, the fighting will be within Palestinian factions, as it was in Gaza, pitying [...]