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From Abbas sees Palestinians on brink of civil war By Isabel Kershner Published: June 6, 2007
… a few Palestinian columnists have broken a political taboo by referring to the Israeli occupation as perhaps preferable to the current chaos. Majed Azzam wrote in the Hamas-affiliated Al Risala weekly that Palestinians "should have the courage to acknowledge the truth," that the only thing that "prevents the chaos and turmoil in Gaza from spreading to the West Bank is the presence of the Israeli occupation."
Another Palestinian writer, Bassem al-Nabris, a poet from Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, wrote in the Arabic electronic newspaper Elaph that if there were a referendum in the Gaza Strip on the question of whether people would like the Israeli occupation to return, "half the population would vote 'yes.' But in practice," he continued, "I believe that the number of those in favor is at least 70 percent, if not more."
"If the occupation returns," Nabris added, "at least there will be no civil war, and the occupier will have a moral and legal obligation to provide the occupied people with employment and food, which they now lack."
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