Well, it seems these two groups are at it again... and so soon after the formation of the 'Unity Government' for Palestine. So far, 15 people have lost their lives and dozens wounded in armed clashes that erupted in Gaza today (or yesterday, for those of us on GMT -08:00) . It seems that the whole power-sharing thing was never really hashed out. Its such a shame, too because Israel and the (majority of) Arabs are the closest they've been in years to making peace, the highlight thereof would be Arab recognition of Israel in exchange for Israeli withdrawal from West Bank, Gaza and Golan, which Israel has occupied and controlled since '67.
So why these renewed hostilities? It seems that both sides are convinced that the other is trying to undermine them, so they've both been preparing for these clashes since the last ceasefire, or whatever the Mecca Accords was supposed to be. The irony is that probably one of the largest hinderences to peace in this region of the Middle East is us, err... U.S. Whether it be our government's unwaivering support for Israel, or our embargo on the Palestinian (Hamas) government, which has really done a number on their schools and hospitals:).
Two videos are included. the first is an Palestinian children's 'School House Rock-esque' video, which claims that, among other things, there aren't any tunnel ops in Pal, and Israel is full of it.
The second one is a video of a Hamas tunnel operation, with a Hamas watermark. Interesting.
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I was listening about this last night as I fell asleep on the BBC. Yeah, I'm that guy.
And wikipedia had a great article on another recent post of yours:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow%27s_Pioneers
sad, disturbing. I particularly like the summary of the May 11 episode.
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