By Stan Goodenough
Jan 01, 2008
At least eight Palestinian Arabs were killed in the Gaza Strip on the last day of 2007 and the first day of 2008 as tensions between the controlling Hamas terrorist organization and the ousted Fatah terrorist organization exploded once again.
The violence followed celebrations commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the PLO's Fatah wing.
Fatah, under the chairmanship of Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, was ousted from power in Gaza in a Hamas coup last June.
Political commentators wondered Tuesday whether the internecine fighting would put US President George W. Bush's January 9 visit to Israel at risk.