Posted on 11/22/2012 6:32:10 PM PST by chessplayer
One of the recurring myths sometimes repeated about the Gaza Strip's relationship with Hamas is that the terrorist group gained control through the electoral process. On both the Monday and Tuesday editions of the CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley devoted a brief segment to providing background information on the Gaza Strip. And, on both nights, he erroneously suggested that Hamas came to power through election. (Video below)
But, in reality, Hamas came to control the Gaza Strip by staging a violent coup in June 2007 overthrowing the rival Fatah party's executive authority. After Hamas narrowly won the popular vote in the Janaury 2006 parliamentary elections, Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah party was still the legitimate president for both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. After Hamas overthrew Fatah's executive authority in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Egypt imposed the blockade.
Push’em all into the sea and make the whole strip a prison..
What did they get their talking points from the WH?
What did they get their talking points from the WH?
Um... The last time the Palestinians held elections (2006) Hamas won them.
Yeah, that’s what I thought. Just because there were some shenanigans before the vote doesn’t mean they weren’t elected. Hamas is a great symbol of “ democracy”.
CBS couldn’t get a story right if they were reporting on a fire in the CBS building.
That's why they call 'em See BS.
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