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Originally Posted by Machette

You don't think the Palestinian people elected Hamas because they were getting sick and tired of what Israel is doing to them? Do you think that it had something do with 1.3 Israelites die compared to 3.4 Palestinians, most of whom are bystanders. I can give you many more comparisons of injustice the Palestinians face.

Interesting that once again you place all blame on Israel, when the Palestinians
themselves have many more reasons to vote for hamas and remove fatah:



"The two most important issues for the voters were corruption in the Palestinian Authority
--which is dominated by Fatah-- and the inability of the PA to enforce law and order. On both
counts Hamas posed a clear alternative--with its reputation for discipline and incorruptibility.
The third and fourth priorities were economic prosperity and the peace process."

"Knowing that polls showed that more than 85 percent of the public believed the PA was
corrupt and that more than 80 percent felt unsafe in their homes and neighborhoods,
perhaps the most brilliant achievement of Hamas in the weeks leading up to the elections
was to elevate the importance of these two issues to the top of public agenda."


[url=http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2006/jan/jan28-0.html:212cb]Article by Dr. Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research – Ramallah[/url:212cb]