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Source: http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/fatah-who-weeps-for-palestine
The Anguish of the Palestinians
(Toronto Sun-Canada) Tarek Fatah - The anguish of the Palestinian people seems to be a never-ending tragedy. Abandoned by their Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan and Syria, and betrayed by the short-sightedness of their own divided leadership, they have slid further into the arms of Iran-backed Hamas and its cult of celebratory martyrdom as the ultimate honor. Gaza could have been a Mediterranean paradise with mile after mile of beaches that could have turned the territory into an example of Palestinian ingenuity. Instead Gaza became a laboratory of Islamic extremism where leaders of the Palestinian Authority were tortured and assassinated, thrown over the roofs of buildings, and adversaries were killed and their bodies dragged by motorcyclists. Palestinians today must recognize two bitter realities: Israel will never commit suicide by permitting a "right of return" to millions of descendants of the 1948 Palestinian refugees. Israel will never hand over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to Palestinians. The writer is a founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress.