Israel Continues to Arrest Hamas Leaders

The Israeli government is continuing to arrest and charge leaders of the democratically elected Palestinian government. The latest charges have been brought against Abdel Aziz Dweik, the speaker of the Palestinian parliament. His crime?? Being a member of Hamas, in other words, being a member of a democratically elected government that Israel disapproves of. This follows the recent arrests of Mahmoud al-Ramahi and Nasser al-Shaer and up to 30 other Hamas lawmakers. All in clear breach of international law.

This policy clearly undermines the spread of 'democracy' (American style) through the region. It is obvious to anyone watching recent events that America supports democracy only when the democratic state is compliant with the superpower. Any deviation from US policy results in being labeled a 'rogue state' that is a danger to the world order (or the American way). Everyone from Venezuela to Iran is a threat to the world order according to the extremists in the White House, and yet, what real threat to they provide?? The biggest threat to the current world order (militarily speaking) is China. But then the current administration are hardly likely to want a stand-off with an actual threat to national security, regardless of their lack of democracy.