I have just (midnight Toronto, Monday) finished watching an extremely hard-hitting and critical interview with Rafiq Husseini -- Abbas's chief of staff -- on Steven Sackur's HARDtalk. For those used to criticising the BBC, this was an unusual programme. Sackur, his irritation obvious, tried to pin Husseini down on controlling Hamas, on corruption in the PA, and on stoppping attacks on Israel. Husseini said a number of astonishing things, including that Israel was "justified" in military actions in response to attacks. Not sure if it is yet viewable on the www, but since so much BBC reporting is biased, when they do something fair it is worth noting.
Should be viewable soon on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/default.stm
It also did not take more than a minute or so of listening to Husseini to have it confirmed that the PA has absolutely zero power or influence in Gaza (or possibly anywhere else either).
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