A very short, but interesting article. I post it here for consumption without comment:
A History of Violence How did the Palestinians descend into barbarism? by Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal.
An excerpt:
"Consider a statistic: In the first nine months of 2005 more Palestinians were killed by other Palestinians than by Israelis--219 to 218, according to the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Interior, although the former figure is probably in truth much higher. In the Gaza Strip, the departure of Israeli troops and settlers has brought anarchy, not freedom. Members of Hamas routinely fight gun battles with members of Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas's ruling political party. Just as often, the killing takes place between clans, or hamullas. So-called collaborators are put to the gun by street mobs, their "guilt" sometimes nothing more than being the object of a neighbor's spite. Palestinian social outsiders are also at mortal risk: Honor killings of "loose" women are common, as is the torture and murder of homosexuals."
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No doubt the respective propaganda mill will try to find a way to blame all this on Israel too. But least they'll have a harder time doing it.
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