Fath gangs and their conference

"Hundreds of delegates at the gathering in the West Bank city of Bethlehem protested the lack of administrative and financial accounting by the Fatah leadership since the last congress in 1989. They rejected the explanations of the party's governing bodies that Abbas's opening speech on Monday amounted to a report on Fatah's management over the past 20 years. Delegates interrupted a speech by central committee number two Ahmed Ghneim, who angrily left the podium." Yet, Thomas Friedman today was praising the transparency of the Fath government. (thanks Olivia)