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| Hamas "mother of martyrs" runs in Palestinian poll |
| 12.09.05 (12:04 pm) [edit] |
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi Thu Dec 8,11:11 AM ET GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas has chosen a mother of three sons who died fighting Israel to run for Palestinian parliament in a poll where the Islamic militant group is expected to mount a serious challenge to President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party. Mariam Farhat, widely seen as an icon of the Palestinian uprising, will join a slate of male Hamas leaders to contest a legislative election due in January in which Hamas, sworn to Israel's destruction, is taking part for the first time. Farhat, 56, could give an added boost to Hamas as she has strong militant credentials, including an appearance -- carrying a gun -- in a video in which she advised one of her sons, Mohammed, on tactics before he attacked a Jewish settlement. Mohammed, 17, killed five Israelis before he was gunned down in the 2002 assault in the occupied Gaza Strip. [She must be sooooo proud. -ed] Farhat's eldest son, Nidal, was killed in 2003 as he was preparing for a separate attack. A third son, Rawad, died earlier this year in an Israeli air strike on his car, which was laden with rockets. Three other sons are still alive. "I am pleased that Hamas trusted me and I declare I will be at the service of my movement," Farhat, popularly known as Umm Nidal and regarded by Palestinians as a "mother of martyrs," said as she sat beneath a mural of her dead sons. Hamas's choice of Farhat, seen by Palestinian analysts as a sure vote-winner, appeared to signal just how serious the group is in its bid to challenge Fatah's traditional dominance. In addition to senior leaders, some in Israeli jails, university professors and engineers, Hamas also plans to back several independents and at least one Christian in hopes of establishing a bloc of lawmakers that could prevent peace moves with Israel. Israel and the United States are concerned Hamas, which has built up a social welfare network in the occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, could do well in the election, seen as a test of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's leadership. Yet Abbas has rejected Israeli calls to bar Hamas from the vote, while struggling to salvage Fatah's image following party primaries that were tainted by violence and fraud allegations. At home, where pictures of her dead sons, including one that shows her armed with an assault rifle, adorn the walls, Farhat said Hamas's decision to participate in mainstream Palestinian politics did not contradict its military goals. "The Jihadist project completes the political one and the political project cannot be completed without Jihad," she told Reuters, using the Arabic term for "holy struggle" against the Jewish state. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051208/wl_nm/m ideast_hamas_election_dc" title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051208/wl_nm/m ideast_hamas_election_dc" target="_blank"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20... Lovely people. Let's give them their own state... |
posted by: RedTigress (reply)
post date: 12.10.05 (4:38 pm)
and lets not only do that, lets take land away from other people to do so!
posted by: thoolou (reply)
post date: 12.12.05 (5:05 am)
Reply to: RedTigress
Indeed. Let's not forget THAT important fact.
