Since extreme corruption, poverty, state propaganda and homicide bombings of young so-called martyrs weren't enough reasons for Palestinians to raise questions as to what the future holds for them, they now have one more clear signal that the world as they know it is rotten.
All of the hate mongering and violence has now spilled into the streets in a civil war that is killing, one at a time, members of different factions. Yesterday's action went over the top:
Every violent incident results in threats, revenge, and in the end – more casualties. Every day there is renewed drama. Today the drama was broadcast to residents of all of Gaza when chief of the Preventive Security Service in northern Gaza Col. Mohammed Ghayeb was killed when Hamas militants laid siege to his house. Ghayeb’s killing was expected to trigger revenge attacks by the men under his command. Ghayeb was on the phone to Palestine TV just moments before his death and appealed for help as his house came under attack. "They are killers," He said of the Hamas gunmen. "They are targeting the house, children are dying, they are bleeding. For God's sake, send an ambulance, we want an ambulance, somebody move." The battle outside the house raged for much of the day and killed four of Ghayeb's guards and a Hamas gunman. About three dozen people, including eight children, were also wounded.
How many more will have to die before common sense sets in and the Palestinian people see that the real enemy of their people are their own terrorist leaders?
Posted by Andre at January 5, 2007 09:59 PM