Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Things get off to a flying start in the Palestinian Parliament

Wrangle marks start of control by Hamas - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune

From the above article:

The first working session of the new Palestinian Parliament on Monday swiftly degenerated into shouting matches between the rival Hamas and Fatah factions, with Fatah legislators ultimately storming out.

Interestingly, many of the legislators were not there in person:

At the session Monday, 20 of the 132 Palestinian lawmakers were absent. Some are wanted by Israel and are in hiding, and others are in Israeli jails. Large portraits of a dozen imprisoned lawmakers were placed in their vacant seats.

Actually, wouldn't life size inflateable versions look better? Would be a good look in our Parliament too.

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