Hamas vows to prevent Palestinian elections in Gaza

THERE NEVER HAS BEEN OR EVER WILL BE A DEMOCRATIC ELECTION IN AN ARAB COUNTRY. Name one

Ah, petra, put down the scalpel, remove the surgical mask and read history. Some of your favourite people, the Germans, practiced eugenics, advocating sterilisation as means to improve the gene pool. I believe that spaying and neutering of humans is against the law in Israel, even in the case of Arabs. You must be so devastated.

Poor Pals promises of victory that never comes We need 3 States living side by side Palestinians cannot reconcile Egypt dont want them Poor pathetic used Pals

who were throwing Fatah members off buildings, kneecapping and killing. That moderate bunch of crazy funloving guys?

how else can they make an 'honest' living?

Each washes the other- out leaving no one. How embarassing for the "united State of confusion"= the pals. They couldn't get their act together if their lives depended upon it. They fight amongst themselves and the rest of the world. Insanity must be a trait of the pals. Too bad they all can't be spayed and nuetered.

Hamas or Fatah, old and new versions of terrorists, take your pick of two monumental losers.

"Hamas might have been open to reconciliation a few years ago, and it was open to accepting any peace deal Abbas made two years ago." When and where was Hamas ever "open" to reconciliation? When it overthrew Fatah in a violent coup in Gaza, perhaps? When and where was Hamas ever "open to accepting any peace deal Abbas made two years ago"? Are you referring to Hamas' old, short-lived assertion that it would accept any "Palestinian State" negotiated by Abbas, perhaps? Hamas never has, and never will, agree to accepting the existence of Israel in the middle east. Stop spewing the lies and deceptions, Mark, and stop making everthing wrong with the universe Israel's fault. We've heard the same nonsense from you tens of thousands of times already...how Israel destroyed Abbas, how Israel has never allowed for peace where everyone else wanted it, how Cast Lead was ineffective, and on and on and on. We get it Mark. You hate Israel. We got it, alright? We got it! We got it! We got it!

....It said anyone in Gaza co-operating with the poll will be "dealt with by the ministry or by other means" I've taken this from the BBC's report on this story. ..."dealt with by the ministry or by other means" You cannot get much more sinister than this,the way that Hamas treats its own 'subjects' in Gaza.Hamas's true colours. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

It is stated (and repeated by the voice of all Hamas's leaders) that Hamas will never accept less than Israel in its entirety and that there is no possibility for peace until the Middle-East Dar-el-Islam is restored. Besides, Israel does only want -peace, -a Jewish majority in the only Jewish State AND -an access to Jerusalem: if they allow us to enter our only Holy place in the world, Israel is making peace on 67 borders right now. Unfortunately, the nature of the stance of future Palestine towards Israel is unknown and it will probably be a dictature, like all of the other Muslim countries worldwide (Turkey is on its way to become one again). Peace from cold France, neighbor.

Abbas has no right in calling elections. Probably the first and last time i agree with hamas. Abbas should resign and let the true leader of the PALs take over. They elected hamas to parliment, so hamas is in control and speaks on behalf of the terrorists PALs.

Hamas might have been open to reconciliation a few years ago, and it was open to accepting any peace deal Abbas made two years ago. But now Hamas smells Fatah blood in the water and has lost all interest in failed attempts at a moderate approach. This should be interesting. For those about to suffer and die, too interesting.

dealings as of 2007? LOL

delight in Israel. It Abbas is doing exactly what the Pal constitution dictates, announcing the 4-yearly elections and giving the correct 90 days' notice. If he hadn't, the accusation would no doubt have been of unconstitutional behaviour! Hamas was reportedly disagreeing with 3 specifics in the reconciliation deal. One is that they will not surrender the right to resist Israeli occupation, as the US and EU have tried to make a condition. And why should they? The others are wrangles about the number of constituency v list seats and the security force arrangements, where both sides are vying for advantage. No doubt Hamas is also seeking a delay to give its electoral support time to recover. (Political parties do that kind of thing). It hardly sounds like a grievous parting of the ways. It would be better if they sort it out and have a democratic election, it would give the PA more legitimacy in its dealings vis a vis Israel.

Sir, There is no nation to divide. Good quarrel among tribes that never lived together is healthy. WBankers have no business to rule Gaza - local families should do it.

if they stay divided no peace will be! All hamas supporters division is caused by them as u see their blindness comes from their love and worship to power and domination. its useless to talk with a divided nation who were never united before cuz they re differnt people and only thing that makes them palesitinian nation is ironically israel!!!

compete disarray and whose goal is the destruction of the state of Israel and whose modus operandi in violence.

I am surprised at the Hamas rejection of the new elections in Gaza. I would have thought Hamas would orchestrate the campaign under strict limitations on speech, monitor the polling places with their armed men, count the votes, and win the "free and fair" election by 100% of the vote. Sure, everybody in the West would say the election was a sham, but that doesn't matter. Hamas would still have 100% control inside the Strip militarily and after the "vote" they could claim they won electorally another 4 year mandate. Meanwhile, they could run a real campaign in the West Bank were they may not be as popular, but they still have a broad base of support. Bottom line, they can't lose anything in a rigged election in Gaza and can only gain legitimacy in the West Bank. Or even better, they can force Fatah to rig the WB elections too.

Gaza becomes a State, like Alaska/Hawaii is for the US, just in this case, as part of Iran. The West Bank with Amman as the capital city of Jordan. Thats it. There can never be a true Palestinian State, for the Palestinians cannot even reconcile with their own cousins in Ramallah / Gaza or visa versa. Its time for the true Palestinian Leaders to either get off their respective butts, stop the shopping sprees in Amman or the war talk in Gaza and decide once and for all on an agenda for their people. May wisdom reign. Peace from snowy Alps.

...participate in elections called "by figures who do not have the right to declare it", and in despite that "the polling would take place without a reconciliation deal between Hamas and Abbas' Fatah movement." Which shows they are cowards; but courageous only when lording it over the weak of Gaza.

If Egypt were to annex Gaza and give everyone living there Egyptian citizenship, the outcome could well see an end to Palestinian suffering, however we all know that this would never happen, for we equally know that the division between Palestinians and Egypt is wider than the Atlantic Ocean. What maintains that great difference between the sides to this very day, is Power and Control they each have over those they administer, with little regard if any for Arab families fed up not only with the fighting, but also with promises of victory that never comes. Palestinians have in more ways than one accepted as fact that Israel is a ?Fait Accompli? and that nothing via threats and/or missiles launched from Hamas, Hezbollah and of course Iran and their rhetoric crap, will not only not change the status quo, but will further increase Palestinian suffering. Thus in contrast to those they?ve missed in the past, the time has come for Palestinians to stop missing the next opportunity of peace that comes their way.

be supported.