informationclearinghouse.info — Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference 9 September, when he lashed out at Palestinian factionalism, saying that the League is going as far as studying the possibility of imposing sanctions on quarrelling Palestinians.
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writieSep 19, 2008
This is one of these situations where both arguments are right: yes, Palestine has to show a united front, but it's hardly surprising there is a rift given the actions of Israel, the Quartet and the Arab League itself whose members - as the article points out - have actively armed and trained Fatah troops. Saying Palestine should get its act together is another way of saying that we should deal with Hamas in one way or another. Yet the League doesn't come out and say that.If I remember correctly, Hamas has called for joint negotiations. We now know that the majority of Palestinians are for a treaty with Israel and want Hamas to change its stance. What we need is a situation where Hamas is brought into the political debate and given an incentive to do so (if only from the Palestinian/Arab side).
zoltharSep 19, 2008
The core problem of the Palestinians is the source of their All-Arabian identity.Until 1967, they were not considered a nationality even by other Arab powers, due to their attempts to take the area for themselves, thus suppressing any concept of nationality by the Palestinians, and defining them as All-Arabians, and excusing their ownership of the area by pointing out Palestinian populations which originally migrated mainly from Egypt and Syria, thus not really being Palestinian. (Jordan stayed quiet over this, due to it's own internal nationality problem).The current fraction is also result of different powers pulling the Palestinians in different directions.As the political organizations are based on the largest tribes, who belong to either Political group by a strategical and interest based reasons, and being remotely controlled by different external Arab powers.