Thursday June 14, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

The civil war between Hamas and Fatah is more than a battle for power.
It is about family clans and tribes.
It is about religion.

"We're fighting for Islam and they are fighting for their salaries. As soon as we start shelling, the love of life will win out over the love of salary and we will win."
Those are the words of a Hamas fighter.

Hamas embraces radical Islam and Fatah does not.
The hatred is red hot and palpable.
Yesterday, after a Fatah clan surrendered to Hamas several dozen of the men, fearing for their lives, escaped to Egypt. And then Hamas publicly executed two prominent members of the family, two women killed in plain sight of the masses.

This conflict will not simply disappear.
This conflict cannot simply peter out and go away.

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