In tegenstelling tot de Nederlandse commerciele massamedia trekken de Amerikaanse media er wel op uit.'In a quite remarkable development, both The Washington Post
and The New York Times today carry op-eds by Ahmed Yousef, a senior advisor to Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the democratically-elected Palestinian Authority cabinet, that Mahmoud Abbas purports to have removed from office in favor of an unelected, US- and Israeli-backed "emergency government."
Each article takes a different angle, and each should be read carefully as indications of Hamas' strategy and intentions. It is also worth referring back to a commentary Mr. Yousef wrote late last year in which he wrote "Hamas proposes a long-term truce during which the Israeli and Palestinian peoples can try to negotiate a lasting peace," a truce called in Arabic, 'hudna.'
He added, "Such a concept — a period of nonwar but only
partial resolution of a conflict — is foreign to the West and has been greeted with much suspicion. Many Westerners I speak to wonder how one can stop the violence without ending the conflict. I would argue, however, that this concept is not as foreign as it might seem. After all, the Irish Republican Army agreed to halt its military struggle to free Northern Ireland from British rule without recognizing British sovereignty. Irish Republicans continue to aspire to a united Ireland free of British rule, but rely upon peaceful methods. Had the I.R.A. been forced to renounce its vision of reuniting Ireland before negotiations could occur, peace would never have prevailed. Why should more be demanded of the Palestinians, particularly when the spirit of our people will never permit it?" (Pause for Peace, New York Times, November 1, 2006)
If Israel and the United States had ever been serious about ending the conflict, they would have paid careful attention to what Hamas said then, and they would pay attention now.
Ali Abunimah
Lees verder: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061901736.html En: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/opinion/20yousef.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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