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Evaluating Mahmoud Abbas - And How to Relate to Him
by Malcolm Lowe
• September 11, 2014 at 5:00 am
Everything
has now gone wrong for Abbas. The destruction in Gaza matches the destruction
of the Second Intifada, precisely what Abbas deplored in respect of Arafat.
Hamas exploited the formation of the unity government for a scheme to
overthrow Abbas in the West Bank. Haniyeh is projected to defeat him by 61%
to 32% in the upcoming election for the Palestinian presidency.
Israeli
politicians who propose to renew peace negotiations, with Abbas or whomever,
are advised to make two basic stipulations. First, that Israel will negotiate
only with a Palestinian government that officially recognizes its obligation
to demilitarize Gaza. Second, that no agreements can be signed until the
Palestinians hold the projected elections for their parliament and presidency
-- and the outcome is known.
The recent hostilities between Hamas and Israel have prompted various
Israeli figures, in the governing coalition as well as in the opposition, to
advocate an enhanced role for Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian
Authority [PA], in an eventual solution for Gaza. The implausibility of this
idea has been pointed out elsewhere. What both the proponents and the critics
of this idea have not asked, however, is a more fundamental question: To what
extent was Abbas complicit in the aggression of Hamas?
Confusion over "Jihad"
by Burak Bekdil
• September 11, 2014 at 4:00 am
Shortly
after he founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928, Hassan al-Banna made very
clear what jihad was about: "It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not
to be dominated, to impose its laws on all nations and to extend its power to
the entire world."
No idea
how an inner struggle can be achieved with stones and missiles.
The
"Turkish jihadist" is a part-time jihadist, playing the jihadist at
home for domestic consumption and the blessed peacemaker in front of major
world powers.
Although it is a common male name in Turkish (Cihat), the Turks, and
apparently many others too, have a confused mind about the Arabic word
"jihad." Most Turks have felt contempt for "the jihadist
terrorists" of al-Qaeda. They feel the same for the
"jihadist/Salafist" Islamic State that captured large swathes of
Syrian and Iraqi territory this summer, and took hostage 49 Turks, including
the consul general, at their consulate compound in the northern Iraqi city of
Mosul on June 11. At the same time, thousands of Turks identified themselves
as "jihadists," just like the IS's men, when they took to the streets
to protest Palestinian casualties and attack Israeli diplomatic missions in
July and August.
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