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| Agence France Press, on the other hand, possibly working from a different reality, captions yesterday's picture of these gunmen in Gaza thus: "Hamas paramilitaries prepare to be repositioned and posted away from the view of the Palestinian people". Repositioned? Who's having a lend of whom? |
Fatah and Hamas, the two armed-to-the-teeth armies that dominate and depress every aspect of life in the Palestine towns and cities, are in an escalating face-off. To us, this seems at the root of their impoverishment; beyond that, it's clear that their long-complaining society is heading inexorably into civil war and even more bloodshed. In the past few weeks, observers have noted the establishment, and then the standing down, and then the re-establishment, of various 'special' forces representing each of the sides. We reported below on newsagency articles about armed bands being withdrawn from the streets... but we also expressed extreme skepticism as to whether this was anything more than the customary wishful thinking that often passes for news reportage in this region. Seems some media people now share our doubts. AP, (see "Hamas militia still on Gaza streets") makes plain that despite all the talk of redeployment, there are thousands of freshly-armed, newly-attired 'militia' men (i.e. the same gangs of terrorists) loose, armed and ready to fire on the streets of Gaza and elsewhere, today.
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