Palestinians use a bulldozer to search for bodies after an Israeli missile strike on a facility used by the militant group in the Rafah Refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip.Israel en de VS voeren de taktiek van verdeel en heers, ze zetten de partijen tegen elkaar op. Toen de PLO de belangrijkste verzetsgroep was, steunde Israel financieel en anderzins Hamas, en nu Hamas de belangrijkste verzetsgroep is, steunt Israel de corrupte PLO. En op zijn beurt steunt Europa dit politiek cynisme, dat onherroepelijk op nog meer geweld uitloopt.
'Fatah Troops Enter Gaza With Israeli Assent
Hundreds Were Trained in Egypt Under U.S.-Backed Program to Counter Hamas
By Scott Wilson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Israel this week allowed the Palestinian party Fatah to bring into the Gaza Strip as many as 500 fresh troops trained under a U.S.-coordinated program to counter Hamas, the radical Islamic movement that won Palestinian parliamentary elections last year. Fighting between Hamas and Fatah has left about 45 Palestinians dead since Sunday.
The forces belong to units loyal to the elected Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, a moderate Fatah leader whom the Bush administration and Israel have sought to strengthen militarily and politically. A spokeswoman for the European Union Border Assistance Mission at Rafah, where the fighters crossed into Gaza from Egypt, said their entry Tuesday was approved by Israel.
The troops' deployment illustrates the increasingly partisan role that Israel and the Bush administration are taking in the volatile Palestinian political situation. The effort to fortify the armed opposition to Hamas, which the United States and Israel categorize as a terrorist organization, follows attempts to isolate the radical Islamic movement internationally and cut off its sources of financial aid.'
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