[Asharq al-Awsat-UK] Editorial - Forces from Hamas are presently guarding the Israel-Gaza border, while the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Fatah are the ones bombarding Israeli towns with missiles. In Gaza, Hamas' alleged Islamic model of governance is one that cannot even provide electricity except through diesel fuel that is delivered via Israel and is financed as a donation from the EU. The truth is that the residents of Gaza, who had become fed up with the corruption of Fatah, crowned Hamas in its place only to discover that the latter was no better than the former. Hamas' security forces practice oppression; raiding houses, ruining weddings and penalizing anyone they hear lamenting the bygone Fatah era. Hamas has only succeeded in eliminating 1.5 million Palestinians, the population of Gaza, from the Palestinian Authority's citizens' list.
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