(Ha'aretz) Arnon Regular - A video documenting the military parade staged by Hamas in Gaza two weeks ago shows hundreds of members of the military wing in matching uniforms, machine-guns mounted on Jeeps, and tens of thousands of supporters. Hamas is generally very disciplined and well-organized, much more so than Fatah, the PA, or other Palestinian security agencies, and it has come out a step ahead on every parameter involving control of the Palestinian street. Theoretically, the government of Ahmed Qurei was established a month and a half ago, but in practice, Qurei makes almost no decisions. The government, like other Fatah and PLO organizations, is completely paralyzed and, above all, cut off from the street. Various Fatah factions in each city are occupied with infighting, some of it lethal. Fatah people queried in recent days about the reason for the total paralysis of both Fatah and the PA say that the main reason is the confusion and helplessness that have overcome the Palestinian leadership - all coming after Sharon's speech in Herzliya.
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