American Views Abroad

 
On the Hamas victory in this week's election:

Hamas' Election Victory -- a Call for Good Governance and Respect of Palestinian Rights at
www.badil.org. This is the Bethlehem alternative info center's take on the Hamas landslide and according to a long term US resident of the Middle East, one of the few balanced voices in the region.

Hamas Election Victory: A Vote for Clarity by Ali Abunimah at http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4425.shtml. 'Although a Hamas success was heavily trailed, the scale of the victory has been widely termed a 'shock'. Several factors explain the dramatic rise of Hamas, including disillusionment and disgust with the corruption, cynicism and lack of strategy of the Fatah faction which has dominated the Palestinian movement for decades and had arrogantly come to view itself as the natural and indisputable leader.'
- posted by Gloria @ 5:45 PM