The BBC reported today that:

A car bomb has exploded near the convoy of a Palestinian security chief, Moussa Arafat, in what security sources say was an apparent assassination attempt.

The blast happened as the convoy was leaving a Palestinian security headquarters building.

Security officials and witnesses said Mr Arafat, a controversial relative of the Palestinian leader, was uninjured.

The assassination attempt was certainly carried out by other Palestinians, like members of Hamas, or even Yasser Arafat’s own Fatah. Some Palestinians violently protested when Arafat named his cousin Moussa as head of intelligence in Gaza. They accuse Arafat of cronyism.

Yasser Arafat has been exposed for funding terrorists. He rules by decree, orders summary executions of his own people, and steals UN, US, European aid money. Arafat's own al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade has killed innocent Israeli civilians with firebombs packed with nuts, bolts, nails, and screws. Arafat speaks of peace in English, while in Arabic he and his cronies advocate Israel’s destruction.[1]

A Palestinian civil war seems inevitable. Unfortunately, it will most likely be fought amongst terrorists vying for control over all Palestinians.

[1] Benjamin Netanyahu, “A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations,” Warner Books, Inc., New York, N.Y., 2000.