Life in Gaza
Yesterday on World Have Your Say we asked a simple question - Is Iraq getting better?
As part of our global conversation we had callers and comments from Basra, Baghdad, Mosul, the Kurdish north and a number of serving and former soldiers joined the debate. Their overwhelming verdict was - "yes, things are better", though there was no idea whether it's a brief lull or whether the underlying problems are being addressed. A regular on WHYS - Lubna - told us " we do drink the water now, we just pray before we do it".
If you missed the programme you can listen again here or check out the comments .
Today we want to shift our attention slightly - but ask a very similar question - Is life better in Gaza under Hamas?
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has just called for .
Mr Abbas said that Hamas - which seized the territory in June from his Fatah movement - should be removed by force.
This is the first time the Palestinian president has called explicitly for the removal of Hamas, previously saying it should apologise for taking over Gaza and return it to Fatah control.
The comments by the Palestinian leader come days after the killing of seven Fatah supporters during a rally in Gaza.
The march by some 250,000 Gazans was the biggest challenge to Hamas since they took over Gaza. , in part because Israel's closure of Gaza's borders, in response to the Hamas takeover, shut down many factories, cost tens of thousands of jobs and drove up prices.
And yesterday reporting in the territory.
Is President Abbas right - should Hamas be ousted?
Do the people who live in Gaza feel safer now? And looking further afield is support for Hamas across the Middle East still holding strong?
who crossed the border with Egypt in June. A couple of days later, the borders were closed by the Israelis. They're still closed. Is the blockade to blame for the current crisis in Gaza? Laila will be with us today, from the North Carolina, US, where she's now with her family.
And what about rival Fatah..? Should Palestinians and the rest of the world now support them?
