US foreign policy and the Palestinian Quisling. What is happening in Palestine is an outrage. It is at some level unprecedented. Not really. The Zionist movement always relied on Palestinian agents and collaborators. If you look at the early history of the Zionist movement in Palestine, we know that the Nashashibi family confederation (backed by the Hijazi Hashemites and their patron the British) was on the payroll of the Zionists and did what was asked of them. Later in Palestinian history, the Village Leagues were paid for and armed by the Zionists. In Palestinian political history, Palestinian leaders were either chosen by the Palestinian themselves (like Husayni and later Arafat) (no matter what you thought of them), or appointed by Arab leaders (like the buffoon Ahmad Shuqayri). Abu Mazen is the first Palestinian leader selected by the enemy of the Palestinian people. Hamas was too late in acting, assuming that they finally have drawn the right conclusions, i.e. that they will not be permitted to serve according to the results of the last Palestinian election. US foreign policy in Lebanon is to support the government and to call for the disarming of the militia (Hizbullah); in Palestine, the US supports and arms the militia (Dahlan's gangs, Abu Mazen's "guards", and the Kata'ib Shuhada' al-Aqsa) and opposes the democratically-elected government of Hamas. Hamas has been acting foolishly for years. They should realize that they will not be permitted to govern. They should finally draw the right conclusions. Instead of bombastic (and often offensive) rhetoric, and instead of awful suicide "operations", they should work to unite Palestinian organizations in the face of the Dahlan gangs.