Gaza takeover a coup, says Hosni

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Look who’s talking about legitimacy?!

The takeover of Gaza by Hamas was a “coup against legitimacy” according to the president of Egypt.
The comments came on Saturday, two days before Hosni Mubarak hosts a regional summit that is seen as an attempt to isolate the group.
Pledging his support for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and Fatah leader, Mubarak told senior members of his National Democratic Party: “We follow closely the consequences of the coup against the Palestinian legitimacy [in Gaza] and the damage that it has caused to the Palestinian people.
“We regret shedding Palestinian blood by Palestinian hands in clashes that crossed all the red lines.”

Via Reuters

Ad-Dostour journalists stage sit-in, threaten strike

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A group of journalists from the independent daily Ad-Dostour staged a sit-in Saturday at the Press Syndicate, protesting the refusal of the Press Syndicate Council to accept their membership applications during the review scheduled this Monday, citing bureaucratic reasons.

The journalists left the syndicate around 1am, and are expected to return again today, joined by their colleagues from Ad-Dostour (who are threatening to go on strike) and other publications in solidarity.

A visit to Fatah’s torture chamber زيارة لسلخانات خونة فتح

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These are the ones whom Bush and the Western press describe as moderates:

The headquarters of the Fatah-controlled security force in Gaza have been open to the public since last Thursday. Every day is open house now.
For years the complex was a symbol of the horror disseminated by the security forces that reported directly to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. This is where Hamas men were taken after Fatah had arrested them. Some of those lucky enough to be eventually released reported that they had been tortured. Others disappeared forever.