THE PALESTINIAN CIVIL WAR

Abbas: Coalition talks going nowhere (JPost)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that talks with Hamas on forming a more moderate coalition government have broken down... "There is no dialogue now," Abbas said at a news conference with Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa. A preliminary coalition agreement announced on Sept. 11 "is over now, and we have to start from square one," he said.

Earlier in the day violence between the two factions resumed, as local Hamas leader, Muhammad Uda, was shot to death as he was exiting morning prayers at a mosque in the village of Hableh near the West Bank Palestinian town of Kalkilya. Uda, 37, said witnesses, was shot by three masked men who fired from a passing vehicle.

SEE: Hamas Leader Killed in Kalkilya Shooting - Khaled Abu Toameh
Violence between Hamas and Fatah resumed Wednesday as Muhammad Uda, a local Hamas leader, was shot to death as he was exiting a mosque in the village of Hableh near the West Bank town of Kalkilya. Uda, 37, was shot by three masked men who fired from a passing vehicle, witnesses said. While it was not clear who was responsible for the shooting, the IDF said it was not involved. (Jerusalem Post)

WHEN FATAH MEMBERS KILL HAMAS MEMBERS, FATAH/HAMAS "PEACE" TALKS COLLAPSE. UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT WHEN FATAH OR HAMAS KILLS AN ISRAEL, THE WEST RUSHES IN TO DEMAND THAT ISRAEL NEGOTIATE AND MAKE CONCESSIONS. PUZZLING.