Hamas and Fatah continue their low-level intrafada

A few days ago Hamas police broke into a gathering of Fatah activists in the Jabalya camp in the northern Gaza Strip meant to memorialize the six Fatah members killed in the first intifada. The Hamas gunmen beat the participants and arrested a number of them while firing their weapons in the air.

Yesterday, Hamas prevented another Fatah gathering in Rafah to commemorate the death of ten more of its own terrorists. Fatah had planned to hold a concert and show a documentary on the lives of their "martyrs" and informed the Hamas leadership ahead of time.

Meanwhile in Fatahland, the PA security forces have arrested five Hamas students at the Palestine Polytechnic University in Hebron over the past two days. They have also arrested two former prisoner in Israeli jails associated with Hamas, one in Jenin and one in Ramallah, in recent days.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri emphasized yesterday that Mahmoud Abbas' presidency is constitutionally over according to Palestinian law.