The weekend’s big news is the civil war in Gaza. The Jerusalem Post reports street clashes, as well as Al-Aqsa Brigades threats to kill Hamas leaders. Though it is too soon to say whether the Western media will decry collateral damage to children and other criticisms reserved for Israel, the Daily Telegraph offered an alternative spin to the violence that has left nine dead and dozens injured:
The tension was made worse by the strictures of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, which Palestinians observe with strict fasting during daylight hours that makes many people particularly tetchy.
