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Byline: Patrick White, David Ansen, Kevin Peraino, B.J. Lee, Keith Naughton, Mary Carmichael
Middle East: A Low-Grade Civil War
It isn't easy being Mahmoud Abbas. As if the Palestinian president weren't wrestling with enough problems, last week Israel gave him one more headache, when an errant artillery shell killed seven civilians on a Gaza beach. Abbas vowed to go ahead with his referendum on a peace plan crafted by jailed Palestinian leaders--one that would recognize Israel if it withdrew to the 1967 borders. But at the same time, Hamas militants resumed attacks against Israel for the first time in 16 months, and even Abbas was forced to condemn the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Periscope.