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Islamist and Chaos are On the March - Blame Israel

Vice President Dick Cheney is back in the middle East. Yesterday he visited with the King of Jordan who told him the problem is Palestinian/Israeli relations. BBC was interviewing George Mitchell about Tony Blair's success in Northern Ireland. Mitchell had kind words for Tony Blair but ripped the Bush Administration for neglecting the Palestinian issue.

There is an Israeli/Palestinian problem because the Arabs need Israel to be the problem. Anyone should be able to see that the problem with Palestine is not Israel but the out of control thugs. The common criminals and the Islamist gang Hamas are all vying for money and power. The Palestinian police are out-gunned and often gang members themselves. Lawlessness is the rule in Palestine and the Arabs have no one to blame but themselves.

Palestinian Interior Minister Resigns
By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press Writer

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Monday accepted the resignation of his interior minister following a new wave of factional fighting in the Gaza Strip, officials said.

Interior Minister Hani Kawasmeh had offered his resignation two weeks ago to protest the deteriorating security situation in Gaza. But Haniyeh had tried to persuade Kawasmeh to stay on.

After a new wave of fighting left six people dead, Haniyeh on Monday accepted the resignation, said two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to the media. Kawasmeh recently offered a security plan aimed at bringing law and order to Gaza, but the plan was never carried out.

A gunfight between Hamas and Fatah forces erupted in Gaza City, shortly after Kawasmeh resigned.

The shooting broke out near the headquarters of the pro-Fatah National Security force. Masked National Security men had taken up positions outside the building shortly before the gunfight erupted. There were no immediate details on casualties.

At least six people were killed and 52 wounded in factional violence in Gaza over the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

For too long, too many dollars were poured into Yasser Arafat's greedy little hands. For too long, the United Nations has maintained "refugee camps" throughout the west bank. With all the money and attention that have been lavished on that area, the west bank and the Gaza strip could have been thriving by now. But the problem with that is there would be nothing to blame Israel for. Israel is the Arab's and in fact, the Muslim world's favorite scape goat. I don't know what Dick Cheney is doing in the mid-east. He may be telling the Arab leaders that the US is going to deal with the Iranians over Iraq. He may be telling the Arabs something else. I don't know. I do know that whatever happens, Israel will be blamed.