Palestine groups united against violence

So groups such as as Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have gotten together to condemn violence. Well, that's good, isn't it? You'd think?

It scares me.

"Any action aimed at spreading chaos or internal strife ... will be considered treason," said the spokesman.

Will be considered treason.

Treason, n. Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.

"Our response will be unified and swift."

Great. So now, not only are they terrorists, they are also policemen. Policing themselves, each other. But what it actually is, I think, is a pin-pointing of factionalism. They may come out saying that they're unified, but only because there's factionalism to be dealt with.

And do we want them unified? I really don't know. I really don't.