Re: [Marxism] Ali Abunimah on Hamas victory

["Michael Hoover" <hooverm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> anna_fierling@xxxxxxxxx 01/26/06 5:46 PM >>>
 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4425.shtml
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while scope of hamas vote may have been surprising
given polling data (and i've a hunch that some folks
who told pollsters that they were going to vote fatah
had no intention of doing so) candidates running as 
'islamists' have won elections in number of countries - 
algeria, jordan, sudan, yemen, lebanon, tunisia...

'new class' of modern/educated islamist political elites
blends islamic precepts with western political discourse,
question for hamas (btw: do any in hamas leadership
acknowledge israeli assistance in organization's early
years) would seem to be what impact its entry into gov't
will have for ideology that sees islam and west being
involved in historic power struggle of lengthy duration,
since crusades, continuing through european colonialism,
zionism, american imperialism....

hamas' politics have blamed west - particularly u.s. - for
support of unjust regimes in morocco, egypt, kuwait,
saudi arabia, for backing military usurpation of civilian
gov't in  algeria, as well as its unconditional support for
israel (u.s. intransigence in this matter with regard to
seculari plo/fatah was major contributor to rise of religious 
politics, hamas (and some other groups such as jihad and
hezballah) has considered violent struggle against such
unjust governments and rulers to be jutifiable strategy of
liberation...   mh   





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