[Daily Star-Lebanon] Editorial - It is a damning indication of how bad things have become in Hamas-ruled Gaza when Fatah militants there must look to Israel for protection from their Palestinian rivals. The scenes of Israel coming to the rescue of Palestinians after a bout of Arab fratricide were reminiscent of the events of Black September, during which scores of Palestinians sought asylum in Israel to escape King Hussein's crackdown on the Palestine Liberation Organization. This time around Palestinians are fleeing from the murderous hands of their own Palestinian brothers. We have seen Palestinians making war on other Palestinians while the Jewish state has come to the rescue of those who fear for their lives. Israel has never looked so good.
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