Palestinian Civil War Watch
Charles Johnson
Sat Feb 7, 2004 at 11:22 am PST • Views: 188
Hundreds Resign En-Masse from Arafat’s Fatah Group.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - More than 300 members of President Yasser Arafat’s ruling Fatah movement resigned collectively from the Palestinian group on Saturday in protest against internal strife and a lack of reform, a statement said.There were no leading figures among those who quit but the unusual step by rank-and-file members signaled an emerging power struggle between a more radical, younger generation and older leaders of the mainstream Palestinian national movement.
Those who resigned want greater democracy within Fatah and the Palestinian Authority and an end to corruption.
They want “greater democracy?” What’s that beeping sound? Is that my BS detector going off?
Frank says: