re: #106 SanFranciscoZionist

Spot on.

I would only take mild issue with one point.

While there are legitimate distinctions between the PA and Hamas (one purportedly more secular, the other ostensibly more religious) the reality is both organizations are corrupt and both organizations are interested only in the consolidation of their own power.

They could have reconciled but instead chose to butt heads- each believing they could wrest power, control and cash from the other.

This is not about politics, the welfare of the Palestinins or the creation of a state- it is about grabbing raw power.