I’ve been going on about how Palestine was heading towards civil war, and now it has.
Hamas took over the Gaza Strip yesterday, which isn’t such a major feat due to the fact that it was their strongest support base in the 2006 election, plus the fact that Abbas’ forces are weak and ineffective.
So now Abbas, in his great wisdom, has taken a stand against Hamas and excluded them from government. Now we will see exactly what sort of movement they are. Perhaps Gaza will become its own country with a Hamas-led government ans the West Bank will be governed by Fatah. Good idea? Let’s see… because that’s the case at present.