Moderate and Extremist Palestinian Supporters Square Off in Minnesota, Hamas collides with Fatah

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Eye witness video report: Moderate and Extremist Palestinian Supporters Square Off in Minnesota, Hamas collides with Fatah in America

There are two major political entities in Palestinian society Fatah and Hamas. Fatah is considered the more moderate group; its leaders negotiate with Israel in order to bring about durable peace. Today, Fatah controls most of the West Bank and is headquartered in Ramallah.

Hamas, by contrast, is an extremist group, internationally recognized as a terrorist organization. Hamas does not recognize Israel's right to exist; in fact it has stated that Israel's destruction is its core mission. It is Hamas that Israel has been at war with during the Gaza "Operation Cast Lead" on December 2008 January 2009.

Following the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 and the Palestinian elections in 2006, Hamas violently overran Fatah forces in the Gaza Strip. Opponents to Hamas that remained were executed. Hamas then made the Gaza Strip a launching pad for rockets into Israel, targeting Israeli citizens.

You might think that this conflict is limited to the Middle East, but we saw the tension between moderate and extremist Palestinian elements come to a boil on the steps of the state capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota. Watch as a pro-Palestinian rally on January 5, 2009 nearly turns violent.

Some of the important things to notice are:

1.The violent, aggressive tendencies of the Hamas supporters, directed at their more moderate "brothers", in the crowd.

2.Their disrespect to Congressman, Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to be elected to the House of Representatives. When Ellison tries to advocate for a peaceful and moderate approach to the conflict, he is booed away and verbally attacked by the extremist (pro-Hamas) supporters.

3.Notice the chants "I am Hamas, we are all Hamas" when the Hamas supporters hijacked the rally.

4.Pay attention to the altercation that takes place when the moderate leader talk against the violent behavior and suggests that they should "act in a political manner". The Hamas supporters don't let him finish; they shout "we don't want to", grab the microphone away, and nearly attack the moderate leader.

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[framus88]

About as lucid a comment as I've seen on the subject.

Interesting how the only place where Fatah party officials could run,hide and get medical attention to was Israel.

[Prometheo1]

I lived in Samaria and what you say isn't true. There's squalor and violence everywhere. There is dictatorial rule by vicious Fatah gangs. Saudi money has illegally built hundreds of enormous homes on Jewish land (ceded to us by the 1922 Mandate). Iran is involved but it's really Saudi Arabia who's behind the terror and constant turmoil. The U.S. does what the Saudis say, not what Israel says. ISLAM is the problem. Put an end to Islamic power, and there will be genuine peace.

[ImparatorEugenius]

Amen. May the Free nations of the world rise up against those who seek to oppress and persecute.

[333Israel]

Jews were in the Middle-East prior to the Islamic religion, Arabs in generally.

The Islamist network will be ended as the Nazi network.

[davidsai]

How sad, ignorance is, before anyone can pass judgment on either israel or the palestinians one must study read and understand more in depth thier plights. isarel is a sovereign state, the palestininas where trown out of jordan into israel. that is after the 1948 UN assigment of israeli land. Anyway i dont mind what happens in midle east, i worried about jihad coming to america and to many of our citizens feeble minds, whch caN BE EASILY BRAIN WASHED INTO MUSLIMHOOD TERRORISM.

[nadirkhan134]

How can you call Hamas as terror organisation, they are democratically elected. Israelies are terrorists coz they are illegal immigrants who could not find any other place in the world except phalestine after they ran from their Holocaust camps.

[sunshine2U4me]

Americs's Govt. is asleep. These terrorists are 'using' America's laws against them. Do you think for 1 sec. that Middle East countries would allow peoples of other countries to even have such a demonstration - they would be beheaded right in the street! WAKE UP AMERICA - OBAMA! Terrorist camps are being run right under your noses in America - WATCH the news! Obama is a lst class wimp! You can't make friends with your enemies!

[zaphod2016]

Thank you for recording and sharing this. This is a valuable piece of history right here.

[yamasnik]

Great job!

It'll be great to watch more of those!

[Parvez86]

God Bless Hamas.

[exiledanusi]

well they should start killing each other here too.

[johnknoefler]

as it is written, they are wild asses. they are doomed.