Hamas leaders in hiding
From
The Indian Express comes the surprising news that all of the Hamas leaders have gone into hiding:
bq. The newly appointed chief for the occupied territories Abdel Aziz Rantissi, and political leaders Mahmud Al-Zahar and Ismail Haniya, had been receiving the condolences of thousands of Palestinians in a tent at a Gaza City soccer stadium in accordance with the Islamic tradition.
bq. But today they had again gone to ground to avoid the same fate of Yassin, who was killed in an Israeli helicopter strike in Gaza on Monday. None of them could be contacted.
And Sharon is now calling the shots instead of trying to follow the Roadmap.
bq. Sharon has still to reveal the complete details of what he calls his disengagement plan but it is likely to see the evacuation of all but a handful of the settlements in the gaza strip in exchange for the strengthening of control of the larger settlements in the West bank.
Posted by DaveH at March 25, 2004 4:51 PM