Hamas Victory

I don't know whether it should be called the ignorance or denial or dishonesty on the part of Western Media but the media in general (including the "truthful" and "honest" BBC) considers Hamas victory to be a protest vote against the corruption of Al Fatah.
Though corruption could be one of the reasons but it certainly is not the main reason. The fundamental reason for a Al Fatah's defeat in the elections is that it, by agreeing to hold talks with Israel and accept it, left the populist revolutionary ground. It was a big gamble on the part of Fatah and it could only win if Israel had been reasonable to have a fair peace deal with Palestinians. The revolutionary ground has since been claimed by Hamas and so has been the popular vote. So this victory of Fatah is a result of failure of West to broker a peaceful peace deal for Palestinians. Hats of too Fatah for having the courage to walk on the path of peace, to resist the international pressure for accepting unfair deals, for not compromising the cause of Palestinians, and above all for holding free and fair elections. For Hamas, now is the time to see how they perform on their turn.

Another thing, totally irrelevant to the first one, why is it comfortable for the autocrats, be it Sauds of KSA or Musharaf of Pakistan to tolerate the opposition of religious right while they have no tolerance towards more peaceful liberal, democratic or leftist forces.

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