It's playing its heart out, I'm sure.
Palestinian forces suffering from emotional issues
Infighting, tensions between Palestinian and Muslim groups, leads security forces to seek counseling for tension, depression
But let's be clear. It's only the infighting and tensions between palestinian and Muslim groups that are the problem. Murdering Israelis ... not so much. In fact, no matter how much shock, tension and depression the infighting may be causing, it's nothing, nothing I tell you, compared to the misery caused by "the occupation."
Palestinian security forces have been seeking emotional counseling, following "internal infighting in Gaza". Dr. Riad al-Aqra, the director for the Gaza hospital for mental health, said that "although the occupation is a major cause for emotional depression for Gaza residents…Palestinian infighting plays a striking role in the increase of shock, tension and depression, present in previously unseen amounts."
Dr. al-Aqra cited the Palestinian website Dunia al-Waran, stating that these phenomena were seen primarily among wives and mothers of Palestinian security force members, but also among the troops themselves.
"One member of the Hamas security force came to me suffering from high tension, which was causing physical problems. He said he felt fear from the fact that he would burn in hell forever if he fired even one bullet at someone," the doctor said.
This is actually starting to sound a little healthy. Hopeful. But, no.
He told of another case, in which a member of the security forces arrived with similar symptoms. "He said he couldn't fire at another Muslim, and that he felt pain and bitterness," al-Aqra said.
"These are the feelings on both sides of the infighting, and emphasize that everyone, deep inside, rejects the civil war in his soul, rejects that which is unnatural," he explained.
Alevai. If only. If only these people would actually start to reject "that which is unnatural," peace would come to the Middle East in short order. If only.
