Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Palestinian in-fighting provokes despair, frustration | International News | Reuters.com

The Palestinians are becoming unhinged and may quickly descend into fratricidal civil war. While it would not be a bad thing to see Fatah finally take on -- and destroy -- Hamas, the risks of a civil war are great to Israel and Jordan. My bet: the Jordanians are watching events very carefully. In a perfect scenario, they wait for it to get worse, for the sides to bloody themselves significantly, and then refloat the Palestinian- Jordanian confederation idea I mentioned yesterday.

Palestinian in-fighting provokes despair, frustration | International News | Reuters.com

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