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They, the Palestinian organisations of so-called "resistance" - such as FATAH, HAMAS, PFLP, DFLP.. - are demanding(..screaming, yelling, fighting) for "national unity"..

And the final result, once again, is this:

Fatah Gunmen Attack Palestinian Parliament (Guardian) 

Abbas issues high-alert warning after deadly clashes kill 2 militants (Haaretz)

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned all Palestinian security personnel to go on high alert Monday night, after two Palestinians were killed and another 15 wounded in deadly clashes between rival militant groups in the Gaza Strip town of Rafah. The shootout began earlier Monday when Hamas gunmen, attending the funeral of a colleague killed in clashes with the rival Fatah party, opened fire on the offices of the Fatah-dominated security force. Officers fired back, hitting the Hamas gunman, who died on his way to the hospital. Sympathizers of Fatah and Islamic Jihad marched to the security agency headquarters to demand an end to the standoff, and Hamas gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank rockets on them in response, killing a Fatah militant, witnesses said.

Fatah gunmen set fire to Cabinet buildings in Ramallah

(Jerusalem Post)
          

Hundreds Palestinian security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas went on a violent rampage against the Hamas-led government Monday night, riddling the parliament and Cabinet buildings with bullets to protest an attack against their comrades in the Gaza Strip by Hamas gunmen.

The security men shot out the windows of the parliament before storming the two-building Cabinet complex, where they smashed furniture, destroyed computers and scattered documents. No casualties were reported. But the mob set fire to one of the Cabinet buildings, causing heavy damage as flames quickly spread.

"Every time they touch one of ours in Gaza, we will get ten of theirs in the West Bank," said one member of the Preventive Security force, which is loyal to Abbas' Fatah movement. Dozens of gunmen from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a pro-Fatah militia, joined the security men.

At least two people were killed earlier on Monday when a fierce gun battle erupted in Rafah and Khan Yunis between Hamas militiamen and members of the Preventative Security Service.

Meanwhile, the power struggle between Hamas and Fatah moved to the chamber of the Palestinian Legislative Council, which held a stormy session on Monday to discuss Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's decision to hold a referendum over a document drafted by some Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

The Hamas-led Palestinian parliament eventually put off the vote on the referendum plan until June 20. Hamas leaders said the move was aimed at giving ongoing negotiations with Abbas a chance to succeed.

Questioning Abbas's right to call a referendum, Hamas called for the PLC to hold an emergency meeting to determine whether the move was in accordance with the law. The PA's Basic Law does not make any mention of a referendum - a fact
that is being used by Hamas to justify its opposition to Abbas's initiative. Fatah, on the other hand, argues that the referendum is legal since there is nothing in the Basic Law that prohibits it.

Many of the Fatah legislators questioned the PLC's right to debate the referendum and called for canceling the session. "This is a black day for Palestinian democracy," said Fatah's Saeb Erekat. "All the Palestinian factions have
the right to resort to resort to various political methods to reject or support the referendum," he added. "But that has to be done within the frame of the law."

Erekat insisted that Abbas had the power to call a
referendum and that the PLC did not have the right to vote against it. "Anyone who opposes this move is entitled to challenge it in court," he said. "We are here to discuss a political issue, not a legal matter."

Erekat begged the speaker of the PLC, Aziz Dweik, to call off the session to avoid internal strife. He reminded Dweik that "75% of the Caliphs [Prophet Muhammed's successors] were killed at the hands of Muslims. Therefore, we must pay
allegiance to one Caliph to prevent dissension."

Fatah legislator Issa Karaki, also invoked Islamic history to justify the referendum. "The Koran and the sharia [Islamic religious law] mention the referendum and shura [consultation of the people in the management of religious and worldly affairs]," he said. "President Abbas's decision to hold a referendum is legal and is aimed at strengthening the status of the people."

Another Fatah legislator, Ibrahim al Masdar, said he saw no reason why the Hamas government should be afraid of a referendum. "The referendum won't affect the work of the government," he said. "In the absence of alternatives, the president has the right to call a referendum on the prisoners' document."

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PLC employees surveying the damage Tuesday of a

rampage by Fatah supporters in Ramallah

AFP was reporting just few minutes ago following:

Palestinian parliament, cabinet offices torched

Palestinian factional rivalry erupted into unprecedented violence as followers of president Mahmud Abbas set fire to the parliament and West Bank cabinet offices while supporters of the Hamas government tried to storm a security compound in Gaza.

Militants loyal to Abbas's Fatah faction set fire to the ground floor of the parliament building in Ramallah where the flames quickly leapt through the rest of the complex.

Gunmen from the same Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades also torched the cabinet building in Ramallah after hundreds of security officers, staffed largely by Fatah followers, forced their way into the premises and opened fire.

Black smoke spewed into the night sky out of the fourth floor of the five-storey cabinet building as fire engines rushed to the scene but were prevented by militants from trying to extinguish the flames.

Protesting against deadly violence between Fatah faithful and loyalists of the ruling Hamas movement, which today controls government after beating Abbas's party at a January election, Fatah gunmen and security officers smashed windows, destroyed computers and tore up files.

In a bid to contain the situation, Abbas issued an edict placing the Palestinian security forces on a maximum state of alert.

Outside the burning cabinet offices, a masked Al-Aqsa leader who refused to give his name called the protests a "normal response to Hamas aggressions against        Palestinian Authority institutions and security service premises".

"We demand president Abbas sacks the government and appoints an emergency cabinet. We blame Hamas for this rift which risks provoking civil war," he told reporters.

In another sign of the anarchy blighting the Palestinian territories, two people were killed and at least 17 wounded in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where Hamas gunmen tried to storm the preventive security service headquarters.

Hundreds of security reinforcements were dispatched to Rafah after Hamas militants managed to smash their way through a wall surrounding the headquarters by firing rocket-propelled grenades.

Shortly afterwards, a Hamas official was briefly kidnapped and then released in the neighbouring city of Khan Yunis by gunmen.

The clashes at the compound took place shortly after a Hamas supporter was killed in fighting that flared after a funeral for another Hamas follower who died from wounds suffered during a previous bout of infighting 10 days ago.

An AFP correspondent at the scene said the three-storey building in central Rafah was riddled with bullets and many of the windows had been shot to pieces.

Cars parked within the compound had also been shot up by the Hamas followers, their windscreens shattered and tyres slashed.

Yussef Siam, head of preventive security in Rafah, said around 20 of his men were in the compound when more than 100 Hamas followers launched their attack.

In the gunbattle that ensued, a 34-year-old deaf civilian, Suleiman Zanoun, was killed after being caught up in the crossfire.

Although the Hamas gunmen were not wearing the uniform of a recently formed paramilitary force, Siam said they were members of the unit.

"This is a force that acts beyond the realms of the law. If they start targeting the government institutions, this will be the end of the Palestinian Authority," he told AFP amid a mass of broken glass, rubble and bloodstains.

Witnesses said the clashes only broke up after hundreds of civilians massed at the scene and started chanting "Unity, Unity" as a sign of their disgust at the bloodshed.

The Hamas paramilitary force was deployed on the streets of Gaza last month despite having been explicitly vetoed by Abbas, who is responsible for security under the terms of the Palestinian basic law.

Although the force is meant to have been withdrawn from view in a bid to ease tensions between the two sides, Abbas's announcement over the weekend of a referendum on coexistence with        Israel has reignited the situation.

Fatah gunmen torch Haniyeh's Ramallah office (Ynet/Yedioth Ahronoth)

Fatah activists storm government, parliament buildings in Ramallah and set fire to office of Prime Minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh 
 

Fatah activists on Monday set ablaze the Ramallah office of Prime Minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, witnesses said.

Earlier a Hamas activist and a civilian were killed in exchanges of fire between rival Hamas and Fatah gunmen in the Gaza Strip. PA Clashes 
 
Hamas gunmen open fire at convoy of Fatah’s Preventive Security force chief as he attends funeral of fellow officer. Abu Shbak rushed from scene unharmed, but two others injured 

Gunmen opened fire at a building complex housing the Palestinian Legislative Council and government offices in protest at a series of attacks on Fatah officials in Gaza, which have been largely blamed on Hamas.

Under a travel ban imposed by Israel prime minister Haniyeh has no access to his West Bank office and is permanently located in Gaza.

Hamas on Monday blamed Fatah gunmen for the killing of one of its members during the funeral of a gunman killed in clashes on Sunday.

Fatah refuted Hamas claims that a sniper positioned on the roof of the headquarters had opened fire at Hamed Abu Jazer, a Hamas activist.

During Monday's clashes Hamas gunmen fired rockets at the Preventive Security Forces building in Rafah, near the border with Egypt.

Gunmen ignored orders by the Interior Minister to evacuate the streets of Rafah and clashes lasted few hours. A Palestinian civilian was killed in night clashes between the rival factions.

Palestinian security officials said Hamas gunmen tried to set on fire the Rafah headquarters of the Preventive Security Forces.

The latest escalations come a day after the failure of talks between President Mahmoud Abbas and premier Haniyeh in Gaza on Sunday.

Hamas refuses to accept a plan for peace with Israel which Abbas threatened to put up for a referendum.

Rantisi's brother kidnapped

In a sign of further escalation, Fatah gunmen in Khan Younis kidnapped Dr. Salah Rantisi, the brother of Hamas leader Aziz Rantisi, killed in an Israeli air strike.

The kidnapping was to avenge the kidnapping of a senior Fatah official by Hamas gunmen.

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And the Israeli govt., I"D"F, Shin Beth... are sitting, (perhaps) relaxing and watching the next developments...^^ (of course it is not funny, but what we can do..?)