Jay Currie

In the raid on the Islamic University, a security official affiliated with Fatah said seven Iranian citizens were arrested and an eighth committed suicide. The security official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

A Hamas official denied the claim and said there were no Iranian citizens at the university. Iran has supplied Hamas with funds, but there have been no previous claims of Iranians working with Hamas in Gaza. ap via alphabet city

It is awful that the Palis are so consistently the pawns of outside forces and that their leadership – using the word loosely – seems hellbent on civil war. In geo political terms the real news is that Iran is in Lebanon and in Gaza. This is not a surprise but it needs to be taken seriously.

A small civil war in Palestine, while tragic, might clear the way for moderate leaders to have at least a voice in the government of the Palestinians. However, Iran seems intent on destroying moderation where ever it appears in the Middle East. At some point the Sunnis will have had enough and then the real civil war begins.