The events of the last five days have many speculating whether we will soon be talking about two Palestines -- one controlled by the military wing of Hamas in Gaza, and one by Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party in the West Bank.
What this could mean for the (former) Palestinian Unity Government and the greater PLO remains to be seen.
But I can only hope that the the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza -- residing in the biggest open prison on the planet, roughly two times the size of Washington DC -- are somewhere at the forefront of priorities for the international community, as President Abbas renews his pleas for outside support.
And I would also hope that Israel, as the occupying power, would see its responsibility toward the Palestinians during a national state of emergency. After all, it is only through Israeli cooperation that emergency services can be delivered in the first place.
Meanwhile I'm troubled by this notion of two Palestines, when the Israeli Occupation has created divisions on multiple fronts. One example is the so-called Seam Zone, between the Green Line and the illegal concrete monstrosity Israel has been building in the West Bank.
Like Gaza, this strip of Palestinian territory faces imprisonment and eventual isolation.
Aljazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reports:
Friday, June 15, 2007
State of Emergency in Gaza
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Like Gaza, this strip of Palestinian territory faces imprisonment and eventual isolation.
If they can't get over their pathological need to be at war with somebody, yeah.
Still no indication that you or they want peace with Israel.
the U.S. and Israel want the Palestinians divided, they want us to recognize two eventual Palestinian states in the next 40 more years.
They keep breaking the Palestinians down and isolating them.. it's just a part of there tactic against them.
I dont think we should take the bait, Palestine will never be an East and West Germany.
Roy, Israel is not important right now.
First you blame everything on Israel, then you say they're not important.
Figure it out, dopey.
If sitting on your fat asses and blaming the Jews for everything means that ultimately you do nothing, solve nothing, collapse and die then that's cool by me.
Keep up the good work.
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