Violence Between Palestinians the Worst in Two Years
319 views · Published 5 June 2009 · 3:06 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
This week saw the deadliest violence between the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions in two years. Nine people died when forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas clashed with members of the Islamic militant group Hamas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The violence comes as U.S. President Barack Obama presses Israel to endorse the idea of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. As VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from the West Bank town of Qalqilya, the standoff among Palestinian factions threatens the eventual statehood that Mr. Obama is calling for.
