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Title: Hamas Threatens Forceful Takeover of Fatah HQ In Gaza
Post by: Shammu on June 12, 2007, 08:14:34 PM
Hamas Threatens Forceful Takeover of Fatah HQ In Gaza

(IsraelNN.com) The Hamas terrorist faction broadcast an ultimatum over its Gaza-based radio station that if Fatah gang members do not vacate their positions including the Security Headquarters building in Gaza by 2:00 p.m, Hamas soldiers will launch an offensive to take over the Fatah positions by force.

Hamas has been pounding Fatah strongholds all day with mortar shells. Fatah and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says that the Hamas is launching a revolt against the official PA institutions. Hamas leader and PA prime minister Haniyeh says that he was saved from an assassination attempt when Fatah terrorists bombarded his home with mortar shells causing heavy damage to the house. 18 Arabs have been killed since Monday in the internal Arab fighting.

Hamas Threatens Forceful Takeover of Fatah HQ In Gaza (http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/128056)


Title: Gaza coalition on verge of collapse
Post by: Shammu on June 12, 2007, 08:16:01 PM
Gaza coalition on verge of collapse
Last Modified: 12 Jun 2007
Source: ITN

The Fatah movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will decide within hours if it should quit the three-month-old unity government with Hamas Islamists, officials from the secular group have declared.

After fierce factional clashes between the rivals in the Gaza Strip, Fatah spokesman Abdel-Hakim Awad said: "Fatah will in the coming hours decide its position on staying in the unity government and whether to withdraw its members from parliament."

An aide to President Abbas said Fatah's Central Committee planned to meet in the West Bank city of Ramallah to discuss whether to quit the unity government.

The announcement followed an attack by Hamas' armed wing on a Fatah security compound after issuing an unprecedented demand for their rivals' security forces to evacuate their own headquarters.

Hamas militants took control of Fatah security posts and set up roadblocks throughout the Gaza Strip, arresting any Fatah security men on the streets.

The militants had issued an ultimatum verging on a declaration of war to rival faction Fatah, threatening to storm their security headquarters in Gaza City unless they were evacuated immediately.

An announcement on a Hamas radio station gave Fatah until 2pm (11am UK time) to pull security men out of the military intelligence, presidential guard, national security and preventive security facilities.

After the deadline passed, witnesses said gunmen from Hamas's armed wing attacked a large security compound of Fatah's national security forces in Gaza City.

Heavy gunfire and explosions sounded in the area, but there was no immediate word on casualties.

Hamas and Fatah have been locked in a new surge of fighting that has verged on civil war and killed at least 20 people since Saturday.

The battles reflect a raging power struggle between Hamas and secular Fatah, partners in a three-month-old unity government.

Gaza coalition on verge of collapse (http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/gaza+coalition+on+verge+of+collapse/557042)


Title: Re: Hamas Threatens Forceful Takeover of Fatah HQ In Gaza
Post by: Shammu on June 12, 2007, 08:20:20 PM
It's still incredible to me that the Palestinians will fight each other to the death like this.  I don't think I'd be surprised if Hamas were to enter Israel, en masse and march to Jerusalem.  Trying to slaughter as many Israelis as they could.  Such is the hatred that comes from the depths of hell.

"Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world."  Our confidence is in God, not in man, or in any government.  I like reminding myself that I'm under a theocracy, not a democracy.  I'm thankful that God has allowed me to live this life obeying the rules of our government. It is nothing short of a privilege. But my ultimate authority is the Word of God!!  I know you guys feel the same.  And the fact that we can chose to praise the Lord during perilous times like these pays honor to our Father!

It's a great adventure living in these days, watching the hands of God guiding events.