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Bush pushed for an election as he wanted to have solved the middle east situation before his presidency was over, against both Israel and PAs wishes. Then Hamas
by Hikikomori 1y ago
Bush pushed for an election as he wanted to have solved the middle east situation before his presidency was over, against both Israel and PAs wishes. Then Hamas won and Bush again pushed PA to do a coup which failed and PA was kicked out of Gaza.
- YZF 1y agoInteresting. I don't remember the Bush involvement but it's quite possibly true. The Wikipedia article does not mention this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Palestinian_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Palestinian_general_elect... but that doesn't mean anything given the current sorry state of that site, and this article supports this idea: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/was-hamas-elected-to-govern-gaza-george-w-bush-2006-palestinian-election.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/was-hamas-electe... This is relevant to the coup: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/04/usa.israelandthepalestinians https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/04/usa.israelandt... Thanks for the extra colour here.