By Dr. Miriam Adahan   July 28, 2005
Imagine that you live in Israel, which has suffered 25,500 known terror attacks just since 2000, including 6000 rockets that have fallen just on your small section of Gush Katif, and instead of attacking the Arab enemy, the government attacks you.
Imagine that your teenage children are arrested for handing out orange ribbons on street corners and when you see the police choking them and bashing them with brass knuckles and you come to their aid, you, too are arrested and charged with harming the police officers who arrested you.

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The battle between Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas over who will get credit for the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is being fought in print shops, flag factories and back alley sewing workshops.
The Palestinian Authority has commissioned tens of thousands of national flags as well as mugs, bumper stickers and posters with the slogan "Today Gaza, tomorrow the West Bank and Jerusalem" — props for planned mass celebrations meant to portray the pullout as an achievement of the Abbas government.
Hamas is striking back, preparing for military-style victory parades. Hamas supporters are sewing thousands of martial uniforms and flags in the group's trademark Islamic green and activists are buying up privately owned jeeps and pickup trucks to lead the marches


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GUSH KATIF BLOCK, Gaza – With about two weeks until Israeli forces attempt to uproot the Jewish communities of Gaza, media outlets from around the world are hunkering down here anywhere they can find space, as the potential for Jew versus Jew conflict remains high.
There are currently about 1,500 reporters in Gush Katif, the slate of Gaza's Jewish communities scheduled for evacuation Aug. 17. That's almost one reporter for every six Katif residents. An estimated 400 more journalists and photographers are expected to arrive in the coming days.

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