Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OT: Israel and Palestine Date: 18 Oct 2025 19:11:45 GMT Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <10b1qqt$3ur87$1@dont-email.me> <10bvsgf$5fvr$3@dont-email.me> <10c06rc$8ane$1@dont-email.me> <10c0dg7$9vip$1@dont-email.me> <10c0m0j$cf58$1@dont-email.me> <10c3c85$11mig$1@dont-email.me> <10c3qjk$15rbd$1@dont-email.me> <10c57ce$1fgv6$2@dont-email.me> <10c86iu$2kf2m$2@dont-email.me> <%qUFQ.300310$p8E9.86269@fx18.iad> <10caiab$3u22g$9@dont-email.me> <10cattr$1q64$1@dont-email.me> <10cb08n$2ee5$3@dont-email.me> <10cdela$nu9d$1@dont-email.me> <10cg3ed$1dscj$8@dont-email.me> <10chv4n$1v7s1$3@dont-email.me> <10ciorl$25sim$1@dont-email.me> <10cjd2f$2b6bo$4@dont-email.me> <10cjf13$2cnh5$1@dont-email.me> <10cjj8g$2e9d9$1@dont-email.me> <10cl41d$2q6c4$6@dont-email.me> <10d01ld$1qeib$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Ecc+O6u9YLHYOYg9qJlapwZejPuID7eLY01AhJIjsHoX8MxtNn Cancel-Lock: sha1:FuYkW/tgeXYLv4h3fnol8vTGq+E= sha256:IXHGvbq3jzb2f5qc/SB1rsO43Z1l9J6JYk9DrbqZYcE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:25445 comp.os.linux.misc:76325 On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:37:01 +1100, Daniel70 wrote: > Did they actually elect a Hamas Government?? Or did they elect some > people who turned out to be Hamas supporters?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Palestinian_legislative_election Despite the best efforts of the US and Israel Hamas won or, maybe more accurately, Fatah lost. Whether the PLC or PA is a government is another question. As Steve pointed out Israel thought Hamas would be a counterbalance to Fatah.