Mahmoud may be having some trouble fogging a mirror so the race is on to be the winner of the mini-caliphateās presidential jet.
Itās probable that, as noted in the linked article, various islamo-street gangs will take up arms against the competing gangs. At stake is control of millions of welfare dollars and individual fortunes for the winners of the welfare fraud prize.
Hamas will not sit idly by as street warfare consumes the competing mini-caliphate. The ugly (and very messy), civil war that consumed the competing mini-caliphates more than a decade ago may seem mild by comparison.
An increasingly intense struggle to succeed the aging and ailing president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is under way.
The use of armed militias may be key to a contenderās success.
Armed support will be needed if the power struggle turns violent. Such militias could be ordered to take control of symbolic government sites, like the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority presidency in Ramallah, or TV and radio stations. While the PA has not clashed with such militias until now, their presence is a looming one.