A Palestinian blogger's disgust at factional fighting


	A Palestinian blogger's disgust at factional fighting

enbar

6-16-2007 2:41 PM

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middle_east, israel, palestine, war, violence, opinion, blogclip, via:globalvoices

enbar says:

A Palestinian student blogger observes that the factional violence in the Palestinian territory is all the more absurd because the PA itself has zero power. Not surprisingly, she blames Israel and the U.S. for building up Fatah's military power and thus for stoking the conflict, but she also blames Hamas.

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