Abbas calls for calm after deadly Gaza protests

[Behind the Aegis]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for calm late Sunday after protests by long-unpaid police officers led to violent clashes in Gaza that left nine people dead.

The rioting grew out of demonstrations against the cash-strapped Palestinian government led by the Islamic militant movement Hamas, which has been unable to pay police or other government workers for months.

Palestinian security sources said the demonstrations in Gaza turned into violent street clashes, leaving at least nine people dead and 90 others wounded. There were no reports of injuries in separate West Bank protests.

Abbas, the leader of the rival Fatah movement, called for unity and said the clashes could lead to "catastrophic" turmoil.

"I appeal to all factions to be responsible, to abandon their differences and to ensure dialogue, especially in the time we are facing an Israeli threat to reoccupy Gaza Strip," he said in a televised speech Sunday night.

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[Kagemusha]

1. Sounds like the plan's working just as intended.

Wonder how long until Hamas (and perhaps civil society in general) collapses.

[cali]

2. right.

because heaven forbid that the parties actually doing the killing take responsibility.

[Kagemusha]

3. Which parties over there aren't doing killing?

Maybe some obscure communist ones with 5 members?

[Englander]

4. GOI - 'Mission Accomplished'. n/t

[Behind the Aegis]

5. PA - 'It's not our fault.' n/t

[Englander]

6. Ah, so this *was* the intention of the Goi? Gotcha.

Btw, thanks for responding to one of my posts!

There's some with actual questions in, in this thread;

'Why Israel will never Truly let go of Gaza. -Tanya Rienhart'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=124&topic_id=149873&mesg_id=149873