From Hamas Figure, an Unusual Self-Criticism

[AngryAmish]

"In an unusual piece of self-criticism, a well-known Hamas official has decried the collapse of Gazan life into chaos, and said that much of the blame belonged to Palestinians themselves.

“Gaza is suffering under the yoke of anarchy and the swords of thugs,” wrote Ghazi Hamad, a former Hamas newspaper editor and spokesman for the current Hamas government, in an article published on Sunday in the Palestinian newspaper Al Ayyam.

After so much optimism when Israelis pulled out of Gaza a year ago, he wrote, “life became a nightmare and an intolerable burden.”

He urged Palestinians to look to themselves, not to Israel, for the causes. In particular, he said the chaos in the Gaza Strip was the fault of the various armed militant groups operating there, most of them affiliated with Fatah, Hamas’s rival for political power and influence."

[SoCalDem]

1. He might want to point out the family sizes too

Many people having huge families they cannot support can lead to lots of strife down the road..

If you live in a place with lots of room to spread out, it might be a good thing to have large families, but if you are jammed into a small space,..well..

[angstlessk]

2. The voices of reason are comming from what America deems 'terrorist'

groups. First Hezbollah that said if they had known what the retaliation of Israel had been they would not have done the kidnapping...now Hamas saying it is NOT the Israel's fault in Gaza..and Palestine must accept its own failures.

Where is Olmert and bush?

[pelsar]

3. the voice of reason....

is emerging out of the ruble....they dont need olmert and bush, they need to accept responsability for their actions (which appears perhaps to be starting?) and start working on their economies and forget about killing jews and israelis.....

from the article:
Mr. Hamad also questioned the utility of firing rockets into Israel, attacks that cause few Israeli casualties directly but that lead to many Palestinian deaths when the Israelis retaliate. He seemed to be arguing for other armed groups to follow Hamas’s own decision to halt rocket fire into Israel....

hmmm, maybe some are seeing the light?...and stop with the kassams?

[Igel]

4. Naw.

Key word: anarchy.

What's the story of anarchy and early Islam, what's described as anarchy, and what's the solution?

I don't trust Hamas spokesfolk. I'm never quite convinced we're using the same set of definitions.