I love twitter - it brings things to my attention that I otherwise would miss. One of the tweets was about Hamas and it's campaign of violence against Palestineans:
guardiannews Hamas murder campaign exposed: New evidence has emerged revealing the extent of the crackdown by Hamas during an.. New evidence has emerged revealing the extent of the crackdown by Hamas during and after Israel's war in Gaza last month.
What the People of Palestine needs, is for both sides to just. stop.
Amnesty International said Hamas forces and militias were involved in a "campaign of abductions, deliberate and unlawful killings, torture and death threats against those they accuse of 'collaborating' with Israel, as well as opponents and critics". It said at least two dozen men had been shot by Hamas since the end of December and "scores of others" shot in the legs, kneecapped or beaten.Amnesty gave detailed accounts of some of the cases and said there was "incontrovertible evidence" that Hamas security forces and militia were "responsible for grave human rights abuses". Hamas officials have admitted hunting for suspected collaborators, but they have denied this campaign of attacks.
Hamas apparently fears it lost some of its control in Gaza during Israel's devastating three-week war and launched a new and violent crackdown to enforce its rule, targeting not only those suspected of giving information to the Israeli military but also escaped prisoners and all perceived internal opponents.
While we point fingers and say"ja'accuse" against Israel, we turn a blind eye to what has now become illegitimate governance in Gaza. I say this, because most of the citizens of Gaza do not belong to either Fatah or Hamas. and, they are caught in the middle of a very deadly triangle:
He (Alami) said many Palestinians no longer felt affiliated to any political group, either Hamas or Fatah, its West Bank-based rival. "Politicians and the media think that there is a simple division between Gaza and the West Bank, between Hamas and Fatah ... The majority of the Palestinian people today are with none of them."
Gots an idea: just get the governments out of the whole dame process, and let the people live. On both sides.