Abbas resigned!

[Caid Ivik]

Mahmoud Abbas, premier of palestinian autonomy, sick of Arafat's lust for competences, has submitted to him a resignation! It seems middle east will have hot autumn this year!

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/09/06/mideast/index.html

[Anathema]

Wow, that really sucks...but it's not as if Abbas really was able to do anything about terrorist groups.

[ordos45]

Wow, that really sucks...but it's not as if Abbas really was able to do anything about terrorist groups.

He actually tried, its more than Arafat did. Hey, didn't Israel issue a Declaration of War against Hamas recently? Wouldn't that mean they recognize Hamas as a sovereign body?

[Gobalopper]

No they declared "all-out war" against Hamas and other terrorist organizations.

[The_Sadukar]

by the gods, it will never end :'(

[Edric O]

Yes it will. They're all going to die... :(

[ordos45]

Ah thanks Gob, as for them all dying...yes. I think, cynically, that the only solution to it is genocide. However, if Israel was to commit genocide on the Palestinians, the Arab nations would commit genocide by killing every last Jew in Israel. (Btw, take a look at population figures and you'll know why I didn't say every last Israeli. There are more than 2 million Palestinians who are Israeli citizens.)

[Digital Guerrilla]

This also means that Israel will not accept Arafat's domination of the Palestinian government. Abbas really never had a chance to win from the begining.

[Caid Ivik]

Ahmed Qorei will be a replacement. No surprise, it is certain he is Arafat's man. These will be a hard time for Israel...altough when it wasn't? But Road Map is void, that's for sure.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/09/08/mideast/index.html

[ordos45]

Israel's government has voted "in principle" to expel Arafat from the nation, but have made no active motions to do so. Thousands are flocking to Arafat's compound to defend him. Civil War soon? :(