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October 2, 2020

Despite Their Talk, Reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah Isn’t on the Horizon

Both sets of leaders can comfortably rake in donations while maintaining the status quo.

Recently Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party, which rules parts of the West Bank, and Hamas, which rules Gaza, have declared plans to set aside their differences and hold elections for a new Palestinian Authority (PA) government to preside over both territories together. These would be the first Palestinian elections in fifteen years. Calling this promise the two rival parties’ “hoariest, least convincing talking point,” Hussein Ibish predicts that it will come to naught:

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