Finally, someone says what I have understood, but not been able to say. Joe says it so easily that I feel shamed for not being able to get this out before. Amazing. Go read the rest of the article and then you will understand the reality there too.
http://joesettler.blogspot.com/2009/01/who-rules-in-palestine.html
Instead of the traditional family-based clan, the organizational clan has replaced it as the typical clan structure (but not as a national clan concept, just a local one). And all the while, the model of one clan trying to gain superiority over the others is just as strong as ever.
Hamas needs to fight Israel to show that it is the stronger clan than Fatah - no different than the Shiites and the Sunnis. Both (Hamas and Fatah) want to see Israel replaced by an Arab state, they just disagree on the methods, and which clan should have control.
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