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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/8763/palestinians-violence-crime
Palestinians: Nablus Erupts Against Abbas
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Scenes of lawlessness and chaos have become part of the norm in many Palestinian cities - a sign that the PA may be losing control to armed gangs and militias. Five Palestinians, including two PA police officers, were killed recently in Nablus. The Palestinian Authority is now paying the price for harboring, funding and inciting gang members and militiamen who until recently were hailed by many Palestinians as "heroes" and "resistance fighters." Most are affiliated with Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction. Abbas is on his way to losing control over the West Bank, just as he lost Gaza to Hamas in 2007. If until now it seemed that Hamas posed the biggest threat to Abbas' rule over the West Bank, it is now obvious that that is not so. The real threat is coming from Abbas' homegrown loyalists-turned-rebels.