Fatah's Fifth Column
[ 29/06/2008 - 11:53 PM ]
By Khalid Amayreh
While the vast majority of Palestinians have welcomed the
Egyptian-mediated ceasefire between the Hamas movement and Israel, the
American-backed "fifth column" within Fatah is viewing the tahdiaa or brief
calm in the Gaza Strip as an existential threat to its very survival.
Since the conclusion of the fragile ceasefire nearly ten
days ago, these rouge elements have spared no effort trying to thwart the truce
by firing primitive projectiles across the border. They also have been accusing
Hamas of betraying the resistance and undermining the vital interests of the
Palestinian people.
Of course, the purported concern for the resistance is
plainly insincere and disingenuous. It is an exposed and cheap distraction
aimed at blurring the real purpose of these thugs, namely to provoke Israel
to revoke the ceasefire and carry out an all-out invasion of Gaza to destroy
Hamas and hand over the coastal territory to Israel's and America's agents.
Isn't exactly this goal that these "Fatah leaders" have
been intimating to western news agencies and Israeli correspondents, always "on
condition of anonymity."
We all know and the bulk of Palestinians know that these
mercenaries are first and foremost answerable to US General Keith Dayton, who
effectively serves as American High Commissioner in Ramallah, and is himself
answerable to Elliot Abram, who is more or less AIPAC's representative in the
Bush administration.
Abrams has always worked strenuously toward igniting the
flames of civil war between the western-backed "moderates" and the "extremist
elements" led by Hamas. He had actually made several public statements to that
effect, but the self-absorbed regime in Ramallah wouldn't pay attention to
that, preferring to believe that Abrams was only making jokes.
The Bush administration's goal was from the very inception ,
and probably still i to push the Palestinian society toward a sort of
violent and bloody implosion that would eventually allow Israel and the neocons
in Washington to liquidate the Palestinian cause, once and for all.
This is exactly what Abrams had in mind last summer when he
okayed the transfer of huge sums of money and shipments of arms to America's
man in Gaza, Muhammed Dhalan.
We all know the rest of the story as Hamas moved swiftly and
decisively to pre-empt Abrams' criminal designs by putting an end to Dahlan's
coup-in-the-making and ousting his men and cohorts from Gaza.
Defeated, embittered and expelled, these people have never
stopped hatching plots to sow the seeds of civil war and violence in the Gaza
Strip.
They tried every conceivable conspiracy to beat Hamas,
effectively on Israel's behalf, even as the Israeli occupation army was
murdering Palestinian civilians in droves.
At one point the Fifth Column in Fatah seemed fully embedded
with Israel in the common battle against Hamas. Their collusion with Israel
and the US in maintaining the harsh blockade on Gaza's 1.5 million inhabitants
speaks volumes. It constitutes a stigma of shame on the foreheads of the
traitors and their supporters that will stay with them for the rest of their
lives.
Having failed to dislodge Hamas, these traitors are now
trying to sabotage the ceasefire in Gaza under the rubric of resistance. This
happens as tens of thousands of Fatah "forces" are working in close
coordination with the Israeli occupation army to hound and eradicate real
freedom fighters, including Fatah's own, in the West Bank. Obviously, this is
done on Israel's behalf and in order to obtain a certificate of good conduct
from the likes of Bush, Rice, Dayton and Abrams.
I realize that Fatah is not a monolithic movement. I also
know for sure that the movement includes many dignified and patriotic elements
that reject the shameful behavior of certain elements within the group that
claim to be speaking and acting in the name of Fatah when they are
effectively at Israel's and the CIA's beck and call.
Unfortunately, these rouge elements have the money (American
dollars) and the wherewithal not only to corrode Fatah from within but also to
destabilize the internal Palestinian front, all in the service of Israel and
her diabolical designs against our people and enduring just cause.
Hence, it is imperative that true patriots within Fatah move
swiftly and decisively to undercut these fifth-columnists and prevent them from
morphing the largest political movement in Palestine from a liberation
movement into a quisling entity.
Fatah leaders, especially those who had spent many years in
Israeli jails and dungeons, should understand that these perfidious
money-grabbing careerists are not merely seeking Hamas's demise. They are also
seeking Fatah's demise as well, and also the liquidation of the Palestinian
national cause including the right of return for Palestinian refugees.
They are the enemies from within. If you don't eradicate
them, they will eradicate you.
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