Update quote form NY Times article 1/26 pm:
"Palestinians likened the preliminary results, announced tonight by the Central Election Committee, to an earthquake or a tsunami, ending more than 40 years of political domination by Fatah, the main political faction built by Yasir Arafat, who died 14 months ago.
The results of Wednesday's election put an armed faction — considered to be a terrorist group by Israel, the United States and the European Union — in charge of the Palestinian political future. They also put a screeching halt to efforts to restart peace talks, and made a mockery of the voter surveys released Wednesday night that indicated that Fatah would have the most seats and could retain control of the legislature and the cabinet."
This is bad news for the world and especially for Israel. Terrorists intent on Israel's destruction are 'in control,' whatever that means, of the Palestinian people. With Hamas running things, there can be little hope of peace.
I wonder when we'll see al-Qa’ida show up in Palestine?
Hamas is one among many Palestinian terror organizations in a list of terrorist organizations designated by the State Department. How is Hamas in charge in Palestine so different from al-Qa’ida taking over Afghanistan in league with the Taliban? Is the difference that Hamas has not targeted Americans? Does that imply Hamas is less a threat to civilzed society than other terrorist groups because it has won an election monitored by the nations of the world including our own Jimmy Carter?
Current List of Designated (by the U. S. State Department) Foreign Terrorist Organizations
- Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
- Abu Sayyaf Group
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
- Ansar al-Islam
- Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
- Asbat al-Ansar
- Aum Shinrikyo
- Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
- Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA)
- Continuity Irish Republican Army
- Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group)
- HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)
- Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
- Hizballah (Party of God)
- Islamic Jihad Group
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
- Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) (Army of Mohammed)
- Jemaah Islamiya organization (JI)
- al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)
- Kahane Chai (Kach)
- Kongra-Gel (KGK, formerly Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, KADEK)
- Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous)
- Lashkar i Jhangvi
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
- Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
- Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)
- Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
- National Liberation Army (ELN)
- Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLF)
- PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)
- al-Qa’ida
- Real IRA
- Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
- Revolutionary Nuclei (formerly ELA)
- Revolutionary Organization 17 November
- Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
- Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
- Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)
- Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (QJBR) (al-Qaida in Iraq) (formerly Jama'at al-Tawhid wa'al-Jihad, JTJ, al-Zarqawi Network)
- United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
"'After one year, what has Abu Mazen achieved? What has he been offered by the Israelis? Nothing,' Mr. Haniya said in a press conference at his home in the Beach Refugee Camp in Gaza City. 'The problem was not Hamas or the Palestinian resistance. The problem was with the occupation.' Hamas, which was formed nearly two decades ago, calls for Israel's destruction and has carried out dozens of suicide bombings in recent years. Hamas has largely abided by a truce announced early last year, though the group says it is not prepared to lay down its weapons. Asked if Hamas was willing to consider negotiations with Israel, Mr. Haniya said, 'The occupation must first recognize our rights and the international community must exert pressure on them.'"
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