Shut your eyes and think of Palestine

摘要

Are Palestine's rival militias heading for civil war? Look, for instance, at the incident in Gaza last week when Fatah militiamen shot their way into the health ministry and would have captured its minister had Hamas's militiamen not rushed to his aid. Under Western and Israeli pressure, and amid mounting lawlessness, what is left of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Gaza seems bent on tearing itself to bits. Or so it appears.