Jordan Times too condemned the fighting and asked: "A coup? A countercoup? Who is overthrowing whom? Fatah and Hamas are now officially engaged in a civil war. The spoils of victory: the Gaza Strip, an impoverished, overcrowded, underdeveloped open-air prison, a sandbox, in which the boys with the most guns can show off to precisely no one. Who to blame, when there is so much blame to go around? Everyone's favourite punching bag, Washington, for its unwavering support of the jailor, Israel, must surely come first. No wait; let's start with the jailor. Israel has pursued a merciless strategy of murder and destruction and left Palestinians hopelessly mired in their own defeat and weakness."