Which Elected Government Will South Africa Recognise?

Rhetoric:

Sad reality:

Left image: Television footage shows Fatah members being escorted out of the Preventive Security headquarters by Hamas gunmen in Gaza City June 14, 2007. Stripped to the waist, the Fatah defenders, their hands raised in surrender, were herded out of the compound by their Hamas captors. Medical workers said five people were killed in the battle and pavements were stained with blood. Hamas fighters on Thursday captured one of the last Gaza City bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Green Islamist flags fluttered from the rooftop of the Preventive Security headquarters in Gaza City -- a powerful symbol to residents that Hamas had taken control after five days of bloodshed in which more than 80 people have been killed. REUTERS/Al-Aqsa TV via Reuters TV (GAZA). Right Image: A Fatah movement militant set the offices of a Hamas-affiliated charity on fire in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, June 15, 2007. Gaza is now under the control of Hamas, an Islamic movement with close ties to Syria and Iran. The West Bank, home to most of the Palestinian population, is dominated by the more moderate Fatah, which has ties to Israel and the West. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

A Palestinian Hamas gunman stands over pictures of Abbas and Yasser Arafat inside Abbas' personal office after it was taken over by Hamas in fighting in Gaza City. Photo: AP

(h/t: Anthony)

Comments

[Gary]

The New SA always sides with whoever is most anti-Western and anti-Israel, so I think I know who they will support in this!

[The Blacklistedictator]

Gary,
I agree with your prediction.
Ronno Einstein has put South Africa in bed with Haniyeh and
Ahmadinejad. The mind boggles....

[THE BLACKLISTEDICTATOR]

hours and 4 minutes is a long time in politics...even longer than a week...
Timeline
10.04am Mahmoud Abbas establishes emergency Cabinet.
1.18pm Hamas says it considers the new government illegal.
1.21pm Ehud Olmert, Israel's PM, says new government is potential partner for peace.
2.08pm Deposed Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, insists dismantled Hamas-Fatah coalition still rightful government.
- Guardian Unlimited © Guardian News and Media Limited
At least 160 Palestinians were killed and 796 wounded in last week's fighting between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to a report published Sunday by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights Al-Mizan.
More than half of the casualties were Fatah activists and members of the Palestinian Authority security forces, the report noted. Hamas lost 28 of its men, while 45 civilians were killed from June 10-17, the report added.
The center said the death toll could still rise because many remained unaccounted for and because of the severity of the injuries of dozens of people."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813057303&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Read the following on The Jerusalem Post website:
un. 17, 2007 23:10 | Updated Jun. 18, 2007 4:57
UNRWA is struggling to feed Gazans
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza returned to full operations on Sunday, but warned that it had food stores for only 10 days to feed the 1.1 million people who are dependent upon it for survival, according to John Ging, the organization's head in Gaza.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1181813057310&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[Gary]

I await the next revolting ZAPIRO cartoon, acusing Israel of being behind the intra-Palestinian war.

[THE BLACKLISTEDICTATOR]

Gary,
I have emailed Zapiro the following idea for a cartoon:
Olmert (with Star of David armband) and Bush ( wearing military
uniform) handing out Kalashnikovs in Gaza . All around Palestinian kids
are dying.
Caption: "DON'T BLAME US. WE DIDN'T DO IT"

ps; Ferial has just offered me a job on The Mail and Guardian. I am
employed as a ghost writer for Ronno Einstein.

[THE BLACKLISTEDICTATOR]

"At least 160 Palestinians were killed and 796 wounded in last week's
fighting between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to a
report published Sunday by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Al-Mizan.
More than half of the casualties were Fatah activists and members of
the Palestinian Authority security forces, the report noted. Hamas lost
28 of its men, while 45 civilians were killed from June 10-17, the
report added.
The center said the death toll could still rise because many remained
unaccounted for and because of the severity of the injuries of dozens
of people."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?
cid=1181813057303&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[Mike]

But no mention of massacre here. Why no emergence UN session. No scathing resolution? No fact finding mission? The world only seems to be up in arms when Jews kill Arabs.

[Gary]

Mike writes "The world only seems to be up in arms when Jews kill Arabs".
Or when Jews try to protect themselves from being killed by Arabs.

[The Blacklisted Dictator]

Mike,
I am sure that Desmond Tutu will soon shouting that he can't lead
another fact finding mission. There are no "double standards" in South
Africa. If there were The FXI, M&G and SAHRC etc would expose them.