By Joel C. Rosenberg
(WASHINGTON, D.C., June 18, 2007) -- The situation in Gaza is going from bad to worse as Hamas and Fatah fight a vicious civil war for control.
More than 160 Palestinians have been killed in just the past week, with more than 800 wounded. Hamas operatives have been executing Fatah leaders in the streets in full view of their wives of children. Hamas has captured some 50,000 Fatah machine guns and pistols, making the prospect of more internecine violence as well as more violence against Israel even more likely.
Palestinian Christians find themselves caught in the crossfire. Hamas operatives have blown up a church, attacked a Christian school and set Bibles on fire.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has finally sacked Defense Minister Amir Peretz, architect of last summer's disastrous war with Hezbollah. But Olmert has replaced him with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak who was the architect of Israel's disastrous unilateral surrender from southern Lebanon in 2000. Barak says he will invade Gaza in the next few weeks. A humanitarian crisis is developing in Gaza. What's more, there are fears that a full blown civil war between Hamas and Fatah could soon erupt in the West Bank, and that the violence could even spread to Jordan, whose population is 70% Palestinian.
If that weren't enough, Palestinian terrorists in southern Lebanon on Sunday fired three Katyusha rockets at the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona, raising the prospect of new hostilities on the northern front as well as to Israel's south.
I'll be commenting on the latest developments in the epicenter on Michael Reagan's show Monday night from 5:30pm to 5:45pm eastern. On Tuesday, I'll be on Dennis Miller's Show from 10:15 to 10:30am eastern. I will also be on "The Lars Larson Show" on the Westwood One Radio Network at 6:20pm Tuesday night. For updates on my media and speaking schedule, please check the weblog.
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