The
Capture of Fatah's
Headquarters in Gaza
June 15, 2007
Gaza City, Gaza Strip
After a week of fighting between Hamas and Fatah,
Hamas
captured the Presidential compound of PA President Mahmoud Abbas. This
marked the official takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas. In this
victory Hamas militants celebrated by posing for several photographs
that mock the United States and Fatah.
Since
Hamas violently tookover, the Gaza Strip has been in shambles. The
region has turned into chaos controlled by a violent faction. The
rocketing of Israeli towns has not ceased and the area's hostility is
increasing. As a response to the continual rocket attacks on Israeli
cities, Israel has reduced the fuel supply to the entire strip. Even
though, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Stip in 2005, Israel is still
responsible for the situation because they control the border crossings
in and out of the Gaza Strip. The fuel cut is not helping the already
spiralling downhill economy in the Gaza Strip. The humanitarian
situation is also spiralling out of control as borders have been closed
and Hamas has boycotted several food and aid shipments to the region.
Amidst the horrible situation in the Gaza Strip, Hamas has vowed for
more violence against Israel as they were not invited to the Annapolis
Summit.
More Information on the Situation
Since the Hamas Takeover
On the Hamas owned
television channel, Al-Aqsa TV, Hamas aired a Lion King parody of the
Hamas-Fatah conflict. In its propaganda, Hamas depicts Fatah as greedy
traitors of Islam while being puppets of the United States. Hamas
depicts themselves as a noble lion that protects the integrity of Islam
and the Palestinian people. The title of the video is "Message to the
criminal gangs in the occupied West Bank," it aired in August 23, 2007.
