Abbas bans weapons in public

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

right now would be a good time for Fatah and the IDF to erradicate hamas,but I doubt Israel and the Palestinians will ever cooperate on anything.

I really doubt they could whipe out Hamas, it's not like they haven't tried.

Hamas: duly elected government.

Also seems rather casual about slaughtering civilians. Not to mention we really don't need more sharia law nation.

But I agree that elected is elected, you can't just refuse to acknowledge them because you don't like them.

Part of a dissolved government that has NO backing by it's Arab brothers from bordering countries.

I think a democratically elected government is more accountable to recognition of the people, not its neighboring states.

Gandalf_The_Grey Reviewed by Gandalf_The_Grey on 06-27-2007. Abbas bans weapons in public Ramallah - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas issued a decree on Wednesday banning the carrying of weapons and explosives in public without permits, effectively calling on Hamas to disarm. "From now on it will be illegal to carry arms or explosives without an official permit," the official WAFA news agency quoted the text as saying. "This measure aims to suppress all unofficial armed groups" in the Palestinian territories, it added. Abbas's writ effectively extends only to the West Rating: 5