Saturday April 22, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Palestinian Authority President Abbas has declared that two decisions made by the Hamas appointed Palestinian Interior Minister - are illegal.
Wow.

One decision was truly ridiculous.
It was the appointment of a leading Hamas terrorist as director general of the Interior Ministry.

Far be it from me to say that Hamas had a good idea.
But the second decision was actually very important and it was thinking like this that ousted the Fatah and brought Hamas to power in the first place.
The proposal was to create a new, volunteer, civil police patrol to keep order and try to curb the anarchy on the streets of Gaza.

The only way to stop the escalation of terrible violence on Palestinian streets is to activate locals to stand up and say "enough." The situation is way out of control and short of martial law, amassing the masses is the only way to stem the anarchy.

One of the greatest strengths of Hamas is evaluating and answering the needs of the Palestinian people.
One of the greatest weaknesses of Abbas is understanding and meeting the needs of the Palestinian people.