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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/world/middleeast/04cnd-mideast.html
Palestinians Fear Infighting Hurts Their Case
[New York Times] Steven Erlanger - The fierce internal clashes among Palestinian factions have shocked many Palestinians and Arab governments, who fear that the bloodshed is damaging the Palestinian case before the world, Palestinians say. "Arab support for the Palestinians is beginning to evaporate. Arabs are looking at us as fighting ourselves now...and Arab officials are saying that we're not very serious about establishing a state," said Mkhaimar Abusada, a political scientist at Al Azhar University in Gaza.