A week ago, several girls who were members of the Hamas group at Hebron University were assaulted by Fatah students. . Five students were expelled, four from Fatah and one from Hamas.
They were dressed wearing Hamas logos, and apparently they were protesting the assaults, insulting the university president and administration for not protecting the women.
However, Hamas reacted angrily at this demonstration, saying that the students were not their members. A number of Hamas and "human rights' officials called to identify the student demonstrators.
One Hamas official said "the administration of Hebron University and the security apparatus are responsible for revealing the identity of the perpetrators and bringing them to justice, because their shameful act could create discord among the Palestinian people, who must devote themselves to fighting the occupation."
The director of the office of the Independent Commission for Human Rights, Farid al-Atrash, instead of supporting a peaceful demonstration, denounced it. He stressed the need to open a serious investigation and find out who is behind that demonstration, pointing out that "whoever tampered with the security of Hebron tampered with the security of the homeland and cannot be trusted."
These sort of stories are difficult to track down because the Palestinian media does not want to describe the details when there are stories that point to their internal problems. But that reticence is not only to avoid being shamed, but to adhere to the unwritten rule - that Hamas stated - that all public demonstrations be aimed at Israel and not anything else.
