Situation in Palestine

An article from Zmag about the misery in Palestine. Recently civil unrest broke out again as fighters from Fatah and the ruling Hamas fought gun battles and burned buildings.
It's sad that a people that are oppressed by an outside power must oppress each other through bitter infighting. The article tries to explain a little why they do this.

An excerpt:
Instead, the economic strangulation of Gaza has been the catalyst for internal Palestinian conflict. Inevitably, social bonds grow weak and fragile, even tear, when nearly half the population is unemployed and more than three-quarters are living in poverty.


As convincing as explanations for the internal conflict like this are, it is inevitable that the Palestinians must find a way to make peace amongst themselves before they can ever rise up and become a nation