The Palestinian Elections: An Expression of Endurance and Hope.

The article focuses on the views of the author on issues related to the success of the organization Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections. Employees of the Palestinian Authority received their January 2006 salaries 10 days late. This is just the beginning of the financial troubles Palestinians are facing in the aftermath of the January 26, 2006 legislative elections in which the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, won the political high ground against its Fatah opponents, some of whom were financially and politically supported by the American administration.