Fatah and Hamas Violence Lingers in Gaza

United Nations' Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon urged Israel on Monday
to reconsider its sanctions on Gaza . The call came one day after
Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, approved cutting off fuel and
electricity supplies in proportion to the number of homemade
Palestinian rockets being fired onto nearby Israeli towns. The UN and
European Union delegegates site that this sort of "collective
punishment" is illegal under international law.

Barak has recently told reporters that – quote- "Every passing day
brings us closer to a broad operation in Gaza." This increasingly
calls into question the potential for success of the coming peace
conference between Israel and Palestine.

FSRN's Rami aL-Meghari has more on the situation.