Rarely does a divisive civil war lead to much good, but in Palestine perhaps a little division is the opportunity long since needed.
The opportunity amongst the tragedy is for all to see in real time two different Palestines under two different governments trying their hand at existing in the Middle East. Potentially their citizens can compare and contrast the continued economic strangulation of Hamas-lead Gaza with the rebirth of a Fatah-lead West Bank funded by a return of its Israeli collected taxes and Western aid. They can see that ideology and violent resistance is nice to talk about, but it will never succeed in bringing food to the table. Likely things will go amiss in the scheme as Fatah will remain corrupt and Hamas will export its terrorism, but nevertheless things can’t always go wrong. Then again, in the Middle East, I could be wrong.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4669266.stm
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0615/p25s02-wome.html
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