Hamas-Fatah clash sparks civil war fear. Shootout leaves three gunmen deadKHALED ABU TOAMEH
and also by Israel’s not unreasonable fear that Hamas might, one day, actually win the civil war, leaving Israel with the Muslim Brotherhood on both sides of the Jewish state.
See HRW, “Under Cover of War: Hamas Political Violence in Gaza,” (April 2009), available from http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/ iOPT0409web.pdf Ibid. Google Scholar “Fatah, Hamas Trade Accusations,” The Electronic Intifada, February 2, 2009, available from http://electr...
A brief civil war in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah followed. Fatah was kicked out of the enclave and Hamas took over. Haniyeh's short-lived term as Palestinian prime minister was over and Hamas and Fatah have been bitter rivals ever since, despite a few attempts at reconciliation. I last i...
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