World's Smallest Violin

Here's a nice little ditty about the Palestinian civil war and the harsh exactions Hamas has taken on the people of Gaza. How about this: Don't vote for them next time.

Like the party it supported, the bikini crowd has disappeared, leaving the trash-flecked beach and murky swimming pool to Bassem al-Khodori and a half-dozen other Hamas supporters, who now have jobs at the resort.

Facing money shortages, a shrinking private sector and growing political resistance, Hamas leaders are increasingly imposing harsh interpretations of Islamic law and using brute force to bolster their isolated administration, which remains illegitimate in the view of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and his U.S.-backed government in the West Bank.

To their credit, there are only a few pot shots at Israel for closing the borders.