DAR AL HARB/ISLAM - HOLY LAND: ARABS LIVING IN GAZA ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE HAMAS LEADERSHIP

What did these people think was going to happen when they elected them?!?

Hamas ran on an 'islamic law ticket', they were elected, now they have taken over Gaza with the use of the 'sword' and are planning on instituting shari'ah...

They didn't do this in secret, is it all of the inbreeding or islam that has somehow prevented these people from grasping the possible results of their votes?!?

I just cannot seem to work up any empathy or sympathy...


Gazans fear future under Islamist law
As food, medicine dwindle, Hamas rule has many uneasy about heading into an `unknown situation'
by MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH & DIAA HADID
Associated Press

GAZA CITY– Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at the Islamic militants of Hamas yesterday, accusing them in a televised speech of trying to build an "empire of darkness" in the Gaza Strip and pledging he would not negotiate with the "murderous terrorists."

Addressing Palestinians for the first time since Hamas seized control of Gaza, Abbas said Hamas had attacked "national symbols" during the fighting in the coastal territory. The destruction included ransacking the house of the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

But a week after Hamas's bloody takeover, the long-chaotic Gaza Strip was settling into orderliness yesterday.

Militiamen barred people from carrying weapons in public, a group calling itself "Volunteers for God" frantically directed traffic at jammed intersections and gunmen demanded storeowners freeze prices despite a food shortage.

The new stability did not, however, dispel deep fears among some Gazans that Hamas militants will retaliate against their vanquished enemies in the more secular Fatah movement and impose their severe interpretation of Muslim law. They fear such measures will further isolate this poor coastal territory of 1.4 million Palestinians.

"We are leaving a bad situation – but one we knew – and entering an unknown situation, and that makes people nervous. What's coming?" said Abu Walid, a 19-year-old shopkeeper in Gaza City.

Some medicine and a few food staples, such as flour and sugar, already were in short supply because Israel sealed Gaza's border crossings – including its only cargo terminal – last week when Hamas routed Fatah fighters loyal to Abbas.

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