The Problem with Democracy
Palestine’s government has resigned after polls suggested that Hamas, the militant Islamist organisation committed to the destruction of Israel, has won a large majority in the state’s parliamentary elections.
the telegraph
While the Toronto Star headlines “Ballots triumph over bullets” the Palestinians have managed to elect a government which is committed to the destruction of Israel.
Not that Fatah was anything other than a terrorist organization; but they at least pretended that there was an alternative.
The one upside in the apparent Hamas victory is that now they will have to deal with the fact that Israel is not going anywhere soon. The reality of government may moderate their position. But I have to bet against it.
Of course the entire issue may be rendered moot with Iran simply nuking Israel and, because of the sheer proximity, most of the Palis as well.
It might occur to the new Palestinian government that it may be better to deal with a nation which simply wants to be left alone rather than risk the various forms of nuclear and other terror which seems to be on offer in the Middle East.
Written by jay on January 26th, 2006 with
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#1. January 26th, 2006, at 10:55 PM.
Hamas government in Palestine might present less of a problem for Israel than continued pseudo-government by Fatah. When a militia is committed to the destruction of Israel this places Israel in a quandrary re. jurisdiction, law enforcement, etc. When a militia becomes the government and its leader a head of state and it remains committed to the destruction of Israel this is a condition known as “war”, something Israel is v. good at. My solution, hand the whole lot back to Jordan and let them sort it out. The requisite brutality to restore order may much more effectively be carried out by an “Arab government” in part because dictatorships have no scruples and their behaviour is of no interest to Western journalists or their anti-semitic audiences.