Inter-Factional End Game
Erica Silverman, Al Ahram Weekly, Dec. 21-27, 2006
The outbreak in violence is connected to the tremendous pressure currently bearing down on the Gaza population. Poverty and desperation have gripped Palestinians as their economy has been devastated by international sanctions against the Hamas-led government, though the root of the economic crisis remains Israel's decision to withhold, in violation of the Paris Protocol signed in conjunction with the Oslo Accords, $55 million in monthly tax revenue owed to the PA. [More]
