This has to be my second favourite report from
Ha’aretz today:
Some 40 security officials affiliated with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party fled to Egypt on Wednesday, to escape the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip, Egyptian officials said.
The Popular Resistance Committees, a militant group allied with Hamas, said Wednesday evening that it had taken control of Gaza's border with Egypt to prevent arms smuggling and to ensure that Gaze residents did not flee over the border.
Hamas now controls the Gaza Strip and the Popular Resistance Committee has taken over border control with Egypt. Oy. But my favourite
Ha’aretz report of the day is Hamas’ ceasefire deal to Fatah:
Earlier, a Hamas spokesman offered a conditional ceasefire under which the interior minister, a post now held by Haniyeh, a Hamas leader, would command all of the Palestinian security services.
"[Egyptian mediators] received the proposal and promised to present it to Abbas. The ball is now in [his] court. Hamas does not set impossible conditions, and if there are serious intentions to resolve the crisis, we will be ready to reciprocate," said Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman.
So instead of just controlling the Gaza Strip, Hamas would undertake responsibility and control of the entire security apparatus for the West Bank as well. Somehow, I just think this is the deal Abbas cannot afford to accept and expect to live after the hand over.
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