European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page is opinion what intr palestinian conflict shows us Hamas fighters took gunmen captured from the rival Fatah organization from their Headquarters in Rajah in the Gaza strip and shot them to death Gangland style in the Street in front of Jack Kelly their the associated press reported Jamal Abu a top Fatah fled his Home dressed As a but when Abu Jadi an arrived at a Hospital a few Hundred meters away from his he was discovered by a group of Hamas gun who took turns shooting him in the head with automatic i the Jerusalem Post that sort of behaviour can sow mistrust be tween at least 30 people were killed and 80 wounded in fighting Between the rival pales Tinian factions bringing the total for the week to More than 400 dead and the death toll was sufficiently High for the a to describe the escalating conflict As a civil a description it is loathe to use outside of Fatah and Hamas share responsibility for governing the palestinian which consists of the Gaza strip part of Egypt be fore the 1967 Ara israeli War where million people and the West Bank part of Jordan prior to the 1967 where million people Fatah chieftain Mah Moud Abbas is president of the palestinian but Hamas controls its Parlia a two state solution is at but it is within the palestinian not As generations of diplomats naively have hoped Between the palestinians and Hamas is consolidating its control Over while Fatah retains for now the upper hand in the West in retaliation for the Hamas attacks in Fatah arrested 36 Hamas activists in the West Bank towns of Ramallal and both Fatah and Hamas Are terror groups that launch attacks on israeli civilians when Ever the Opportunity presents but there Are differences Between them that go beyond rival gangs squabbling Over the same Fatah is More nationalist than and sometimes pretends the destruction of Israel int its ultimate a subterfuge that has been useful in obtaining foreign Aid from Western governments most of which made it into the Swiss Bank accounts of Fatah the late Yasser Fatah is supported chiefly by saudi Arabia and on the other is militantly is it wants to create a Taliban like though Hamas is led by sunni extreme it is supported by Iran and Iran Only Arab Abbas has responded to the massacre of his Guys by formally dissolving the a Par he said that until elections can be hell Rule the West Bank and Gaza by lots of Luck enforcing those decrees in Mahmoud it would seem hard to blame this turf War Between Muslim gangs on the or on president but the clueless Are reports Victor Davis stuck in air the historian spent wednesday watching can and its Parade of glib one talking head blamed the for not recognizing despite Hamas refusal to renounce its plans to destroy Han son another said the violence was prompted by the invasion of a third said if the haunt promoted democracy in the Arab there  have been an election for Hamas to the tendency of some liberals to blame is Rael and America for the bad things mus lims do is driven As much by cowardice As it is by if you can convince yourself these Guys would be reasonable if Only we make one More then you dont have to face up to the threat Radical islam poses to All we hold also on a bomb killed Walid an anti syrian member of the Leba Nese his and eight other peo Eido is the seventh leading anti syrian politician or journalist to be murdered in Lebanon in the past two the first since House speaker Nancy Pelosi dubbed syrian dictator Bashar who is thought to be behind the a partner in Syria is preparing to go to War with Israel this Assad said in an interview with a kuwaiti newspaper last an puppet state in Gaza would be a swell place from which to launch a Sec Ond democrats like Pelosi think All our Trou Bles with Radical islam would end if we with Drew our troops from her new Friend Bashar May be about to disabuse her of that Jack Kelly is the National affairs writer for the Pittsburgh pos Gazette and the Toledo Ohio a former Marine and Green he was a Deputy assistant Secretary of the air Force in the Reagan his column appears regularly in stars and youre just jealous is even if a woman says it by Anita Creamer the Sacramento Bee youre just it was one of those bizarrely revealing to this As the Fate of celebrity jailbird Paris Hilton temporarily Hung in the bal defense attorney Roy Black and conservative commentator Laura also an debated her situation on abcs today As we All few moments in Hiltons life these Days go not to men Tion Undi cussed by the chattering Slick sters who do Battle with one another on the split and so Ingraham was arguing with great conviction despite her considerable privilege in Hilton deserved no special consideration from the when Black interrupted youre just jealous of Paris he Matt Lauer seemed so taken Aback by Blacks statement that he repeated the com ment a couple of times in but you have to wonder How is it possible that up until now Lauer has remained unaware of this particular leveling tactic youre just jealous is one of the time honoured ways that the undermines among us like to Cut Bright women Down to size when they raise reasonable criticisms of other its always shallow and and its often for some of us would like to think that if wed won lifes lottery and been born into ridiculously wealthy we might conduct ourselves with a Little More in humility and class than Hilton the character Shes shown the world is nothing to inspire at youre just jealous is also generally quite a fact that even seems to escape the women who think there being insightful and original by leveling the jealousy charge at other much As some of you might like to imag Ine women really Arent poised on the Cusp of a cat fight at every possible were just please get Over Over my years of writing a read ers have taken it upon themselves to decide that in just jealous of Hillary the late Princess Laura Martha Ann Oprah win Frey most recently As Well As most Amus the red hat judging from that it seems that i like to spread my jealousy around with extreme though in a Little Hurt that no ones yet suggested i might be jealous of Paris then that particular accusation is Likely on its last since even the most obtuse people among us understand that its simply not possible to be jealous of a 26yearold who wails for Mommy when times get Way to work the Street a Quick Google through the Halls of celeb Rity discontent will Tell you that there Are people who think Rosie Odonnell is jealous of Elisabeth and that others Are convinced that Nicole Kidman is jealous of Katie maybe but How would we know weve never met any of these the Plain truth makes for a reality that generally Falls Short in the Way of spice and we All have our of but most women dont go through life Crip pled with jealousy of other nor Are we constantly on the Alert for the Opportunity to engage in an Al girl youre just jealous serves a real purpose to let women know there not being taken ditzy Little things that we its a diminishing and theres re ally no Snappy comeback for since i am not mostly sounds defensive and is it really so hard to believe that some women criticism of other women is earned and legitimate or that when women Are paid to express their its silly to disparage them for doing so not unless youre just Anita Creamer is a Sacramento Bee prickly City by Scott Stantis Chi to mow us i Toffi