Hamas extended local election gains from the fractured ruling Fatah party on Friday and Israel said that if the Islamic militants won Palestinian political dominance it would end any hope for peacemaking.Hamas, committed to destroying Israel, appeared to profit from division in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement and gained an important boost ahead of a January parliamentary election from the latest West Bank polls.
Provisional results released on Friday by the electoral commission showed Hamas won control of the council in the West Bank city of Jenin following voting on Thursday. Hamas earlier won control of municipalities in Nablus and al-Bireh.
With one terrorist Party devouring itself, Hamas is making headway in local elections. Israel says it will not accept a Hamas government. Critics complain the peace process will be set back. I say they are talking about the wrong process.
Right Wing Nation open tracks
If Hamas gains control of Parliament the bell may begin to toll for Palestine. Israel will not sit idly by. Iran is a serious threat that they won't tolerate long. Syria's got its foot stuck in the mud in Lebanon so may be of little assistance to a Hamas government. What would the Islamist's do if Gaza and the West Bank were lost a second time?
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