It is not that Fatah has gone soft, he insists. It was their fighters' blood that was shed to achieve Palestinian recognition of any sort. But for now, Fatah prefers to adopt a more mature and a more human approach. You know, in our position, Israeli and Palestinian, everyone can kill. It is so easy to kill because we are living with each other.
Tempers are still extremely short in Gaza.
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