March 19, 2007
POLITICS TRUMPS JIHAD:
AL-QAEDA DENOUNCES HAMAS (AKI, 3/16/07)
In a new invective published via the internet, Atiyatullah Abdel Rahman al-Libi, considered by intelligence experts a key al-Qaeda liaison figure, has harshly condemned the Palestinian Islamic movement, Hamas. "Hamas exploits its martyrs to occupy positions of power," read a statement from al-Libi, in which he commented on the latest audio message from al-Qaeda's number two Ayman al Zawahiri, who had condemned the Mecca accord between Hamas and Fatah which paved the way for the formation of a national unity government after six months.
"The danger with what is happening is that Hamas has decided to enter the political game. By entering the apostate government, it wants to collaborate with apostates and recognise a secular constitution like the Palestinian one, which violates Sharia law," it added.
According to al-Libi the reassurances from Hamas on the desire to continue their armed resistance against Israel count for nothing. "The very fact of wanting to give them a part of Islamic territory amounts to a defeat," it said. "You can assure us of your determination to continue Jihad only by carrying out further Jihadi activities."
Statehood is the Palestinian jihad. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 19, 2007 12:00 AM
The Palestinians don't want a state. That would require them to be responsible -- which, given the decades that the West and their Arab brethren have both fetishized and infantilized them, is all but psychologically impossible.
Posted by: Anthony Perez-Miller at March 19, 2007 11:55 AMConfusion to the enemy.
Posted by: Lou Gots at March 19, 2007 12:09 PM...and moreover, Hamas' quest to gain Western acceptance is a farce designed to get the PA's allowance flowing again. (If it were anything but, they would cease playing the tired games over recognizing Israel's right of existence.)
Posted by: Anthony Perez-Miller at March 19, 2007 12:29 PMRecognition is a chit they'll trade so long as Israel is stupid enough to keep bargaining the inevitable.
Posted by: oj at March 19, 2007 2:34 PMThe Palestinians do. The PLO and Hamas don't.
Posted by: oj at March 19, 2007 2:37 PMThere's a difference?
Posted by: Anthony Perez-Miller at March 19, 2007 8:43 PMActually, the destruction of Israel is the Palestinian jihad.
Statehood is what they'd like you to believe.
Generous of you to oblige them.
Posted by: Barry Meislin at March 20, 2007 3:45 AMThat's the Hamas jihad, not the Palestinian. That's how denying them a state aids the extremists.
Posted by: oj at March 20, 2007 7:09 AMThey already have a de facto state. And a fine mess they've made of it, too.
And it won't get any better once statehood is actually declared -- the PA/Hamas/Islamic Jihad have effectively convinced the population that there's not justice so long as any Jews remain alive.
Posted by: Anthony Perez-Miller at March 20, 2007 12:58 PMyes, the de facto part demeans to no good end.
Posted by: oj at March 20, 2007 2:40 PM