The extreme clashes between the two leading Palestian factions continued to escalate this weekend. In the past week, Both Hamas and Fatah have kidnapped, imprisoned or tortured as many as 200 citizens and elected officials. Reports have 11 people killed and tons more people and children injured.

Last week two human rights groups reported that both Fatah and Hamas have tortured prisoners.

The showdown erupted Saturday when Hamas forces attempted to get the large and powerful Hilles clan to turn over people the Islamist movement believed were behind the July 25 car-bomb attack that killed four Hamas members and a little girl on a beach in Gaza.

The family refused, resulting in heavy fighting with shoulder-launched rockets and mortars.......