In the chaos of Nablus, the enemy is not always Israeli

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The leather-jacketed heavies surrounding Ghassan Shaqa are not there to shield him from the Israeli troops grinding their way through the casbah in search of "the resistance". It is from other Palestinians that the mayor of Nablus seeks protection.
His brother was murdered two months ago in an ambush almost certainly intended for the mayor: one of dozens of Palestinians killed by Palestinians in recent months as the West Bank city of about 150,000 people has crumbled into lawlessness, organised crime and vigilante justice.

But there are many in Nablus who say that Mr Shaqa is contributing to the destabilisation by his bitter political, and some say violent, rivalry with the area's governor, Mahmoud Aloul.

Armed gangs have abducted the governor's brother, razed a family business and tried to assassinate his political allies in the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

With the collapse of order has come a surge in extortion, kidnapping for ransom and the settling of feuds between rival families dressed up as killing collaborators.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1145446,00.html

Two questions come to mind:

1) Are these casualties statistics blamed on the IDF also?

2) Must killing and terrorism be the only avenue for some?