Yes, the “militants” of Hamas and Fatah are still murdering each other without regard to anyone getting caught in the crossfire.
Apr 6, 2007 — GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas and Fatah militants clashed in the Gaza Strip on Friday and at least two militants and a young boy were injured, Palestinian security sources and local residents said.
Tensions are running high in Gaza despite the formation of a unity government on March 17 between the ruling Islamist Hamas movement and President Mahmoud Abbas’s secular Fatah faction.
Don’t you love that? “Tensions are running high” is how they describe the utter lawlessness of the Gaza Strip.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said his cabinet would hold a special meeting on Saturday to discuss a new security plan aimed at stemming factional fighting and growing lawlessness within 100 days.
Haniyeh offered no details about the plan, drawn up by Interior Minister Hani al-Qawasmi.
I think it’s called “The Last Man Standing” maneuver. But check this out:
Haniyeh accused the United States of fuelling the tensions by refusing to lift economic sanctions that prevent local, regional and international banks from transferring funds directly to the government.
It’s our fault. You see, they’re getting $200 million more in aid this year than they did last year, but it’s our fault that they’re murdering each other. It’s not like it’s, oh, clan wars fueling the tension. Twenty-five Palestinians were killed by, gee, Palestinians last month.
Palestinian Authority officials on Thursday expressed fear that the United Nations may formally declare the Gaza Strip a dangerous zone – a move that would result in the evacuation of the remaining foreign nationals from the area and drastically hamper international humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.
PA security sources told The Jerusalem Post that 25 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip last month in internal fighting. Another four were killed in the West Bank, the sources added.
“We’re moving very quickly toward such a scenario,” said Yasser Abed Rabbo, member of the PLO executive committee and a close aide to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. “The Gaza Strip is full of thugs and gangsters who are responsible for the ongoing anarchy. Soon the Gaza Strip may be declared a dangerous zone, which means that all international organizations would have to leave.”
Yeah. The Gaza Strip is full of thugs and gangsters. Who knew this was going to happen? Well, besides everyone with half a brain.
Here, however, is the killer quote:
“The Gaza Strip has become worse than Somalia,” a prominent human rights activist in Gaza City told the Post. “Thousands of gunmen continue to roam the streets and the new government hasn’t done anything to restore law and order. Every day you hear horror stories about people who are killed and wounded. The situation is really intolerable.”
That’s from an aid worker, not from an Israeli. Yes, Gaza is now a craphole. The Palestinians have shown what they will do if given their chance at statehood.
Sure. Let’s give ’em a state.
“Thousands of gunmen continue to roam the streets and the new government hasn’t done anything to restore law and order.”
Those gunmen are the government. That’s how the PLO ruled in South Lebanon when it was Fatahland. “Law and order” have no equivalent translation in the Palestinian dialect of Arabic. This is what the Palis willed when they voted Hamas in as government. This is what they willed by following Fatah for so long. This is what they have willed by choosing “Kill the Jews” as their goal in life instead of “Create a functioning society”. Cry me a river.