Palestinian Civil War

Two days ago, the police force in Gaza surrounded an area of the Sheja’iya neighborhood... demanding the residents give up men wanted in connection to the bombing.

This could have been written by Haaretz describing an IDF operation anywhere in the territories.

The residents refused and a gunbattle ensued, leaving 3 policemen and 6 residents dead. Fatah in the West Bank saw it as a massacre. Hamas says it was simply trying to apprehend suspects who refused to give themselves up.

Look, [Name], Hamas killed innocent civilians! Hamas surrounded a civilian area and began shooting wildly into people's homes, businesses, restaurants, schools, mosques! That's a WAR CRIME, [Name], right?! Where is the outrage? Where are the claims of disproportionate force? Where are the accusations of collective punishment?! Where is your credibility? Where is your honor?

The gunbattle concluded with the police and Hamas fighters securing the area...

Are you telling me the area wasn't "secure" before this gunbattle? It was perfectly secure for the people who lived there. The resistance in this area was brutally suppressed by Hamas, who made the area secure for themselves! Where is your credibility, [Name]? Where is your honor?

...making several arrests...

Hamas is not running a police force, [Name]. They are running an illegal militia. Thus, these "arrests" are illegal, [Name]. They are indefinite detentions, with a high probability of torture for those detained. Where is your credibility, [Name]? Where is your honor?

...and uncovering large weapons caches of mortars, automatic weapons and explosives

[Name]! You mean to tell me that the Palestinians have "caches of mortars, automatic weapons and explosive"?! I thought they were helpless, occupied people without so much as food to feed their starving children. Where did they get "large weapons caches"? Who paid for these "large weapons caches"? Against whom were these "large weapons caches" meant to be used?

Where is your credibility, [Name]? Where is your honor? You have neither, you racist apologist for hatred and violence. The violence you so desperately seek to channel at Jews is now devouring your own society, your own people.

Yes, I'm loving this. After seeing Palestinians butcher my people for two decades, it's good you get a taste of your own medicine. But if you think this situation is short lived, you are delusional.

The West Bank and Gaza are more divided than ever - politically, economically, even culturally and religiously. Politically cleansing each territory of the opposition is not the way to build consensus.

There has been no attempt at reconciliation, and there will not be one. This is power politics, not Sesame Street. A basic rule of Arab society is that those who amass power do not let go until it is pried from their cold dead hands.

For all intents and purposes, there are now two "Palestines". Enjoy your civil war.