Palestinians Voted For Hamas, West Chose Fatah as Their Stooges

The internal strife in Palestine has all the trappings of Imperialism’s policy of divide and rule and to instigate internal strife, control the media in order to give a false picture to the world, and then, behind the scenes, together with Israel, to again set back the UN recognition of Palestinian rights to their homeland and force Israel to leave the land Palestinian lands they seized.

In 2006 the Palestinians elected by an absolute overwhelming majority a Government led by Hamas, but now the Western-backed Fatah President started coup and has outright dismissed this coalition government. The Fatah movement had received only 2% of the votes, while Hamas was swept into power.

The Palestinians have finally come to realize that the so-called peace process that was championed all these years by the West and Fatah, has led to the permanent institutionalization of Israel’s occupation, rather than its termination. It is already 40 years since Israel has occupied the Palestinian lands. There are now twice as many Israel settlers on the occupied Palestinian lands, then when Rabin of Israel and Arafat of Palestine first shook hands in the White House in Washington.

Israel had divided, occupied and also has divided the West Bank into besieged cantons, and working over time to get as many Jewish settlers into East Jerusalem – while at the same time, Israel has stripped Palestinian Jerusalemites of their residency right in their city – and had turned Gaza into a virtual prison camp.

Yes – the Palestinians voted overwhelmingly for Hamas because they were tired and disgusted by the Fatah complacency and corruption, and its continuing pandering to Israel. Hamas presented a real alternative to this Israel and West imposed tragedy on the Palestinian people.

The West, which trumpets to the world that they believe in "democracy", and the UN also promotes itself as "guardian of democracy" – the question arises as to why they not only condemned Israel and US involvement, apply sanctions against them in order to make them comply??? And why do they not recognize now a duly democratically elected Hamas Government?

Let us be very honest, the majority elected Hamas Palestinian Government did not run into Western and Israel’s opposition because of its Islamic ideology, but because of its opposition and resistance to the Israeli 40-year occupation!

The only answer to this tragedy has to be based on a two-state solution, which requires an end to the Israeli occupation and a creation of truly independent Palestinian State.

That was not the solution that Fatah was working on, because its leaders were satisfied only with their power, their cushy paying jobs and support, directly and indirectly by both US and Israel.