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Wednesday June 20, 2007 13:12

by newshound

Article from British Socialist Worker

Hamas’s victory in Gaza is a blow to Bush’s plans

by Simon Assaf

The stunning military victory by the Palestinian Hamas movement over the rival Fatah organisation in the Gaza Strip last week was a strike against imperialism in the Middle East.

The US and its allies have described the Islamist group Hamas’s driving out of Fatah from Gaza as a “military coup” aimed at creating a “mini Taliban state”.

It is nothing of the sort. Hamas is the democratically elected Palestinian government. Its victory last week stopped an attempted military takeover sponsored by the US and its Israeli and Egyptian allies.

Read full article at: http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=12130

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	Government Coup!	Guy de Cervens	Wed Jun 20, 2007 13:44
2	Coup or not?	coupwatch	Wed Jun 20, 2007 15:05
3	SWP's uncritical Attitude to Political Islam & Terrorism	Dub	Wed Jun 20, 2007 15:43
4	Socialist analysis	Tom Joad	Wed Jun 20, 2007 16:18
5	Class Analysis	Dorothy Gale	Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:02
6	Some views on the 'civil war' and issues of class	MichaelY	Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:17
7	Michael Y Does Not Speak For The IPSC	Dorothy Gale	Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:22
8	IPSC alarm at EU and US attitude to recent events in Palestine	MichaelY	Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:38
9	IPSC Alarm At Michael Y Continuing To Misuse Their Name	Dorothy Gale	Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:49
10	Pointless to contnue this nonsense	MichaelY	Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:08
11	Support National liberation	left observer	Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:53
12	"left" observor	Dorothy Gale	Fri Jun 22, 2007 14:25
13	Lord preserve us	Bronstein	Fri Jun 22, 2007 14:35
14	Bronstein	Erich Muehsam	Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:13
15	only saying	left observer	Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:21
16	left observor	Dorothy Gale	Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:29
17	left observer is wrong	sp member	Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:44
18	where do i start	left observer	Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:13
19	left observor.	Dorothy Gale	Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:20
20	left observer is wrong again	sp member	Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:35
21	Jimmy Carter has called the rejection by the West of Hamas's election victory 'criminal'	MichaelY	Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:50
22	Michael Y	Dorothy Gale	Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:57
23	You should be interested.	MichaelY	Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:17
24	Hypocrisy of the Left	Jay	Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:30
25	ok	left ob	Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:45
26	reply	Jay	Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:55
27	left ob	Dorothy Gale	Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:56
28	The right of the right and the left of the left	MichaelY	Fri Jun 22, 2007 18:12
29	michael. . .	Jay	Fri Jun 22, 2007 20:05
30	long way from kansas	left observer	Fri Jun 22, 2007 20:44
31	left ob	Dorothy Gale	Sat Jun 23, 2007 18:55
32	Fatah and Hamas	Felix Quigley	Mon Jun 25, 2007 09:24
33	How comfortable	Tony	Mon Jun 25, 2007 13:04
34	Tony	Dorothy Gale	Mon Jun 25, 2007 13:13
35	Did Hamas react to US coup plans?	Felix Quigley	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:50
36	further evidence of fatah's collusion with imperialism	left observer	Mon Jun 25, 2007 16:13
37	why I'm not as left as I was	jeff	Mon Jun 25, 2007 20:55
38	Fresh Air? UNISON says HERE.	PaddyK	Wed Jun 27, 2007 02:03
39	Oh dear	Tony	Wed Jun 27, 2007 13:09
40	Eh?	Tony the Tiger	Wed Jun 27, 2007 13:35
41	The Left must enforce these Boycotts now, and we must support.	PaddyK	Thu Jun 28, 2007 01:52
42	Again Tony....	Jolly Red Giant	Thu Jun 28, 2007 09:51
43	What is the issue here?	Aragon	Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:27
44	Western right and left - similarities	Aragon	Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:35
45	Aragon	pat c	Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:45
46	Did I?	Tony	Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:50
47	Palestinian Election	Aragon	Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:08
48	Tony	Jolly Red Giant	Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:26
49	Israeli city removes Sudanese refugees	pat c	Thu Jun 28, 2007 14:54
50	Jolly Red Faced	Dub swp	Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:34
51	ultra leftism	guydebordisdead	Fri Jun 29, 2007 13:58
52	For your information...	Jolly Red Giant	Fri Jun 29, 2007 14:01
53	Hal Draper's take on it	Revolutionary repeatist	Fri Jun 29, 2007 20:32
54	Sick of trendy western revolutionaries	Ali	Sun Jul 01, 2007 04:46
55	The Cats Dream	Aragon	Mon Jul 02, 2007 15:20
56	I don't think people really get the nuances of all the political groups & associated armed wings	hmmmmm	Mon Jul 02, 2007 16:17
57	Support the national liberation struggle	L O	Tue Jul 03, 2007 17:33
58	Ah now chill out please	Jim Higgins	Tue Jul 03, 2007 17:43
59	Barak is a WMD. Stop him.	PaddyK	Wed Jul 04, 2007 00:02

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