01.02.2011                     27.Shevat, 5771

Palästinenser:

For Palestinians, Egyptian unrest is bittersweet

Ordinary people cheer on protesters, but Hamas and Fatah are both hesitant to take sides.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank expressed both hope and anxiety as unrest went into its seventh day in Egypt, a country that has acted as a lifeline to besieged Gaza and a patron to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank but also as the object of anger and resentment.
In Gaza, where the Islamic Hamas movement rules, officials were mum on the mass protests, which have brought Egypt to a standstill and forced President Hosni Mubarak to dismiss his cabinet.  In the West Bank, where the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) is in control, police blocked a demonstration backing the Egyptian protesters….