Religions > Atheism > Hamas plays on its welfare credentials in historic elections
| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
26 Jan 2005 02:37:40 AM |
| Object: |
Hamas plays on its welfare credentials in historic elections |
Hamas plays on its welfare credentials in historic elections
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=604589
By Donald Macintyre in Beit Hanoun
26 January 2005
If flags were all it took to win elections, Mohammed Nazeq al-Kafarna
would be a shoo-in as mayor tomorrow. The green pennants of Hamas
flutter from every lamppost on the road into this town of 25,000. But
the faction's mayoral candidate in Beit Hanoun's first council
elections knows it is not so simple.
He has to persuade voters still trying to recover from the destruction
left by a punitive, month-long Israeli Army incursion to stop Hamas
firing its Qassam rockets over the border last July. The tactic he has
chosen is to ignore the attacks and play to his strengths.
Hamas
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/73c7e48dfd4f1613
Donald Macintyre
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/c802fc361a1bd36a
Palestine
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/4abe030e38abad5c
Israel
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/5028d8b0598ca24f
.
|
|
|
Related Articles |
|
|
