Instability in Gaza and West Bank

If you are a Palestinian and don't like the way that violence is portrayed in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, there is a possible solution. That is, to threaten more violence.

In the Jerusalem Post.

Several Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have received death threats from various armed groups over the past few days because of their coverage of the state of lawlessness and anarchy in Palestinian Authority-controlled areas.

Deputy Information Minister Ahmed Suboh condemned the threats, pointing out that a number of press offices had received letters containing threats against journalists.

A journalist who asked not to be named told The Jerusalem Post that groups affiliated with Hamas and Fatah were behind the threats. "We are taking these threats very seriously," he said. "Many of the journalists are afraid."

A source in the PA Information Ministry said that among those who received death threats are journalists working for Agence France Press, Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV and the independent Palestinian news agency Ramattan.

Like orcs in a Mordor castle, these factions of vicious haters know nothing soft or tender in their lives. Their motivation is hate. Their process is hate. Their tool is hate. Do we really expect an official Palestinian state populated by these animals to change this, or are we simply wanting to be able to stand back and say, "I told you so?"

I hope that the former is true, but I fear the latter.