Palestinian Political Update

Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the Islamic militants, have decided to boycott the upcoming Palestinian Presidential elections. Meanwhile, the Fatah leadership has united around Mahmud Abbas as their candidate, but their militants, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, have endorsed the currently imprisoned Marwan Barghouti. These stories are undoubtedly concealing the real divides in Palestinian politics, such as the fact that Abbas eats chicken schwarma while Barghouti and his supporters prefer beef.