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Sunday, January 04, 2009
Ethan Bronner's new labels for Dahlan gangs
"It has consolidated its rule in the past 18 months since pushing out its rivals loyal to the more Western-oriented and moderate Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas, who sits in Ramallah in the West Bank." So let me ask you, Ethan: when did Fath Movement become "moderate" and "pro-Western"? Because your own newspaper used to call it "terrorist"? Do groups become "pro-Western" and "moderate" when they start collaborating with Israel? So if Hamas members collaborate with Israel, do you then also describe those members as "pro-Western" and "modrate"? Are you kidding me here? Do you think that you are employing some fair or objective or analytical standards?