Palestinian democracy so far has meant shooting and burning ballot boxes. Today it came to murder. In its usual crappy reporting, the AP revealed:

A leader of the ruling Fatah Party in Nablus was shot to death Tuesday in violence related to the Palestinian elections.

Despite the chaos in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in recent months, Wednesday’s vote has provoked limited violence.

Early this month, a Hamas supporter was killed in a firefight that erupted while rival factions were hanging election posters in Gaza City. Hamas blamed the ruling Fatah Party.

How the AP can put “shot to death,” “was killed in a firefight,” and “limited violence” in the same article is beyond me. Everything’s relative, right? Moral relativism, that is.

And now we’re faced with Hamas, one of the world’s most violent terrorist groups, sworn to the annihilation of all Israelis, winning a good number of parliamentary seats in these “elections.”

I fear it will be a long time before we see Palestinians working things out together peaceably in parliament, the press, or in court.