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(VIDEO) "Moderate" Leader Nabil Shaath: No Two-State Solution, Destroy Israel
Showing posts with label Fatah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fatah. Show all posts
(VIDEO) Fatah Member: "The Jews Have No History Here [In Jerusalem]"
Interview with Hatem Abd Al-Qader, responsible for Fatah's Jerusalem portfolio:
Abd Al-Qader: "The Jews have no history here [in Jerusalem], therefore I think the inauguration of [the Hurva] synagogue will not create a historical or religious right for Jews in Jerusalem."
Abd Al-Qader: "The Jews have no history here [in Jerusalem], therefore I think the inauguration of [the Hurva] synagogue will not create a historical or religious right for Jews in Jerusalem."
(NEWS) Fatah Considering 'Stone Intifada' In Jerusalem
"On backdrop of stalemate in peace talks with Israel, Palestinian source says President Abbas' movement discussing option of resuming violent struggle against Israel.
Will the failure of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians spark a new wave of violence in the region? A Fatah source told Ynet on Sunday that following the resumption of settlement construction and the stalemate in the direct negotiations with Israel, many organization activists believe it is time to renew the violent struggle in the form of a 'stone intifada.'
On the backdrop of the explosive political situation, Fatah's leadership has been weighing its alternatives in the past few weeks. According to the source, the movement will consider returning to a struggle in some of Fatah's districts, including Jerusalem."
Will the failure of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians spark a new wave of violence in the region? A Fatah source told Ynet on Sunday that following the resumption of settlement construction and the stalemate in the direct negotiations with Israel, many organization activists believe it is time to renew the violent struggle in the form of a 'stone intifada.'
On the backdrop of the explosive political situation, Fatah's leadership has been weighing its alternatives in the past few weeks. According to the source, the movement will consider returning to a struggle in some of Fatah's districts, including Jerusalem."
(NEWS) Fatah Official Says Two-State Solution Is Over
"Washington urges Palestinian Authority to present counter-proposal to keep negotiations on track.
The Palestinian Authority has concluded that the peace process based on a two-state solution has failed, a senior Fatah official said on Tuesday.
His statement came as PA officials repeated their rejection of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal to extend the settlement construction moratorium if the Palestinian leadership recognized Israel as a Jewish state."
The Palestinian Authority has concluded that the peace process based on a two-state solution has failed, a senior Fatah official said on Tuesday.
His statement came as PA officials repeated their rejection of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal to extend the settlement construction moratorium if the Palestinian leadership recognized Israel as a Jewish state."
(BLOG) Mideast Peace Talks' Hidden Threat
"By Jonathan Schanzer: Some 46 percent of Israelis believe that President Barack Obama is 'pro-Palestinian,' according to a Smith Research poll this summer. Since then, that figure most likely has ticked higher. After all, in July, the president upgraded the Palestinian delegation’s diplomatic status in Washington, and the peace talks that start Thursday are designed to lead inexorably to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state by the end of his first term.
Supporters of Israel bitterly assert that Obama has done more for the Palestinians than any other president in history. But they may be wrong. Obama may not yet know it, but the new peace talks could single-handedly destroy the Palestinian cause.
Put simply, the Palestinians are at war. In 2006, Hamas, the faction best known for its suicide bombing campaign of the 1990s, won legislative elections that earned it the right to form a governing coalition. Fatah, its longtime leading rival, refused to play ball, prompting a 15-month political standoff. And in June 2007, Hamas launched a bloody coup in the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of Fatah members and shooting some in the legs to leave them crippled.
After the coup, Hamas retained control of Gaza, where it maintains an iron grip. Fatah still clings to power in the West Bank. And the conflict continues, with spats and flare-ups reported regularly by news agencies and human rights groups in both fiefdoms.
By pushing new peace talks between Israel and the West Bank-based Palestinian National Authority, Obama has officially excised the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip from the equation. Indeed, he has effectively put a halt to a Palestinian “peace process” that has been sputtering since the summer of 2007.
The Arab states have long understood the dangerous significance of persisting Palestinian fissures. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania and Turkey have collectively tried and failed on more than a dozen occasions to broker peace between Hamas and Fatah. Obama, meanwhile, has ignored the conflict entirely.
In the past week, some Palestinian leaders have voiced concerns about the new U.S. initiative. In the words of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, successful negotiations could “liquidate the Palestinian cause.”
While given to hyperbole in describing his dreams of liquidating Israel, Meshal is not exaggerating. If Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas moves forward with U.S.-sponsored diplomacy and ultimately inks a deal with the Israelis, the West Bank leader will be openly spurning Hamas, a permanently anti-Israel faction that currently represents 40 percent of the Palestinians (1.7 million) in the Gaza Strip — and perhaps the majority of Palestinians, who overwhelmingly elected Hamas in the 2006 parliamentary elections.
There are other challenges, too. A Palestinian state, as endorsed by the Obama administration, very likely would include only the West Bank, where the leaders are not democratically elected. Indeed, in the 2006 elections, Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad won only 2 percent of the vote, and Abbas’s term as president expired nearly two years ago.
Who does the Obama administration suggest rule this proposed state? If it’s Abbas and Fayyad, Obama will be advocating yet another illegitimate authoritarian Middle East regime. That’s certainly not a 'pro-Palestinian' policy.
There’s also the lingering matter of the Gaza Strip. If only the West Bank makes peace with Israel, Gaza’s status remains unresolved. Would Hamas declare a second state? That, too, would hardly benefit the Palestinians. Rather, it would deepen the geographic and political split that has set back the Palestinian cause ever since 2007.
Moreover, an isolated Hamas would have little choice but continuing to remain on the Iranian dole. Thus, Gaza would become an official terrorist state, disavowed by all its neighbors, leaving its people with fewer opportunities.
At this point, the very goal of these renewed talks — peace — comes into question. What happens when Israel responds to Gaza’s terrorist provocations after an agreement is signed with the West Bank? Are Gazans not Palestinians? Would the West Bankers not feel solidarity with their Gazan brothers and seek renewed confrontation with Israel?
Obama has yet to answer these questions. With no apparent political endgame, his peace talks may do more harm than good for the Palestinian cause.
Jonathan Schanzer is vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of 'Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine.'" (source)
Supporters of Israel bitterly assert that Obama has done more for the Palestinians than any other president in history. But they may be wrong. Obama may not yet know it, but the new peace talks could single-handedly destroy the Palestinian cause.
Put simply, the Palestinians are at war. In 2006, Hamas, the faction best known for its suicide bombing campaign of the 1990s, won legislative elections that earned it the right to form a governing coalition. Fatah, its longtime leading rival, refused to play ball, prompting a 15-month political standoff. And in June 2007, Hamas launched a bloody coup in the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of Fatah members and shooting some in the legs to leave them crippled.
After the coup, Hamas retained control of Gaza, where it maintains an iron grip. Fatah still clings to power in the West Bank. And the conflict continues, with spats and flare-ups reported regularly by news agencies and human rights groups in both fiefdoms.
By pushing new peace talks between Israel and the West Bank-based Palestinian National Authority, Obama has officially excised the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip from the equation. Indeed, he has effectively put a halt to a Palestinian “peace process” that has been sputtering since the summer of 2007.
The Arab states have long understood the dangerous significance of persisting Palestinian fissures. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania and Turkey have collectively tried and failed on more than a dozen occasions to broker peace between Hamas and Fatah. Obama, meanwhile, has ignored the conflict entirely.
In the past week, some Palestinian leaders have voiced concerns about the new U.S. initiative. In the words of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, successful negotiations could “liquidate the Palestinian cause.”
While given to hyperbole in describing his dreams of liquidating Israel, Meshal is not exaggerating. If Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas moves forward with U.S.-sponsored diplomacy and ultimately inks a deal with the Israelis, the West Bank leader will be openly spurning Hamas, a permanently anti-Israel faction that currently represents 40 percent of the Palestinians (1.7 million) in the Gaza Strip — and perhaps the majority of Palestinians, who overwhelmingly elected Hamas in the 2006 parliamentary elections.
There are other challenges, too. A Palestinian state, as endorsed by the Obama administration, very likely would include only the West Bank, where the leaders are not democratically elected. Indeed, in the 2006 elections, Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad won only 2 percent of the vote, and Abbas’s term as president expired nearly two years ago.
Who does the Obama administration suggest rule this proposed state? If it’s Abbas and Fayyad, Obama will be advocating yet another illegitimate authoritarian Middle East regime. That’s certainly not a 'pro-Palestinian' policy.
There’s also the lingering matter of the Gaza Strip. If only the West Bank makes peace with Israel, Gaza’s status remains unresolved. Would Hamas declare a second state? That, too, would hardly benefit the Palestinians. Rather, it would deepen the geographic and political split that has set back the Palestinian cause ever since 2007.
Moreover, an isolated Hamas would have little choice but continuing to remain on the Iranian dole. Thus, Gaza would become an official terrorist state, disavowed by all its neighbors, leaving its people with fewer opportunities.
At this point, the very goal of these renewed talks — peace — comes into question. What happens when Israel responds to Gaza’s terrorist provocations after an agreement is signed with the West Bank? Are Gazans not Palestinians? Would the West Bankers not feel solidarity with their Gazan brothers and seek renewed confrontation with Israel?
Obama has yet to answer these questions. With no apparent political endgame, his peace talks may do more harm than good for the Palestinian cause.
Jonathan Schanzer is vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of 'Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine.'" (source)
(BLOG) What Is The Worst Insult Fatah Can Hurl Against Hamas?
"Fatah spokesman Ahmed Assaf has come out with an attack on Hamas, something which happens with some regularity from Fatah.
But when Fatah insults Hamas, it is usually not because they are a bloodthirsty terrorist organization. Their problem with Hamas is that it is not terrorist enough against Israel.
In this case, Assaf is mocking Hamas for cooperating with the hated Zionist enemy and even, he charges, meeting with them to negotiate."
But when Fatah insults Hamas, it is usually not because they are a bloodthirsty terrorist organization. Their problem with Hamas is that it is not terrorist enough against Israel.
In this case, Assaf is mocking Hamas for cooperating with the hated Zionist enemy and even, he charges, meeting with them to negotiate."
(BLOG) Fatah Website Accuses Hamas Of Killing People For Their Kidneys
"Firas Press reports that a Hamas doctor has killed a mentally-handicapped man in order to harvest his kidneys.
Firas normally rips off their stories from other sources, but I could not find the original story, just a copy in a Fatah forum quoting 'Kofia Press' which I am unfamiliar with but looks to be a Fatah website.
While it sounds like a wild rumor, what makes this story so interesting is the amount of specificity: it names the doctor, the victim, the dates, and the place of the alleged crime:"
Firas normally rips off their stories from other sources, but I could not find the original story, just a copy in a Fatah forum quoting 'Kofia Press' which I am unfamiliar with but looks to be a Fatah website.
While it sounds like a wild rumor, what makes this story so interesting is the amount of specificity: it names the doctor, the victim, the dates, and the place of the alleged crime:"
(NEWS) Nativity Church Terrorists Want To Return
"The Fatah terrorists who were expelled to Europe in 2002 after taking over a church, holding priests hostage and shooting at IDF soldiers, want to return.
The deported terrorists have written a letter to PA chief Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), saying that now that direct talks with Israel will be resuming, they want the topic of their deportation to be reconsidered. They also want PA help in facilitating their relatives’ ability to visit them.
In April 2002, at the beginning of the IDF’s successful counter-terrorism Operation Defensive Shield, close to 200 Palestinian terrorists who were engaged in warfare with Israel took over and found refuge in the famous Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem."
The deported terrorists have written a letter to PA chief Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), saying that now that direct talks with Israel will be resuming, they want the topic of their deportation to be reconsidered. They also want PA help in facilitating their relatives’ ability to visit them.
In April 2002, at the beginning of the IDF’s successful counter-terrorism Operation Defensive Shield, close to 200 Palestinian terrorists who were engaged in warfare with Israel took over and found refuge in the famous Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem."
(BLOG) Gazans Forced To Stay In Their "Open Air Prison" - By Their Leaders
"The idea that Gaza is an 'open air prison,' which was ridiculous all along, has become farcical ever since Egypt opened the Rafah border in July.
Gazans can freely visit Egypt, as long as they follow Egyptian rules. And those rules include having a valid passport from the PA.
There is only one problem: Hamas refuses to create passports for Fatah members, and the PA is refusing to give out blank passports to Hamas."
Gazans can freely visit Egypt, as long as they follow Egyptian rules. And those rules include having a valid passport from the PA.
There is only one problem: Hamas refuses to create passports for Fatah members, and the PA is refusing to give out blank passports to Hamas."
(BLOG) Reports Which Distort Israeli Reality...About Israel's "Peace Partners"
"1) Fatah's Intentions..
The standard reports in the media portray Machmud Abbas and the Fatah as peace partners for Israel in the current middle east negotiations.
Rarely do we find any news reports which quote a senior Israeli government minister, Benyamin Begin, who tries to remind the public that the Fatah reiterated its commitment to the armed struggle against Israel at the seminal Fatah conference that took place last August in Bethlehem and that the Fatah never changed its covenant and commitment to liberate Palestine, all of Palestine.
See: 'Fatah Conference: August 2009' at http://israelbehindthenews.com/reports.html
2) Egypt’s Role in the Massive Supply of Weapons and Munitions to Hamas Regime in Gaza.
The standard reports in the media portray Iran as the sole supplier of weapons and munitions into the Gaza strip, via the tunnels.
Rarely do we find any news reports which note the geographical contiguity of Egypt to Gaza, and that is Egypt which allows hundreds of tunnels to have been dug into Gaza from Egyptian territory. Why not pay heed to credible intelligence analysis which lays the blame for the import of weapons and munitions to the Gaza regime squarely on the shoulders of the Egyptian regime?
Peruse the Bar Ilan University intelligence study which written just after Israel unilaterally stopped its military incursion into Gaza, entitled 'Egypt Is Not Going to Stop the Smuggling into Gaza' at http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/perspectives60.html
3) Is Israel Set to Deport the Children of Foreign Workers?
Standard news reports headline supposed Israeli government discussions to deport the children of foreign workers from Israel.
In fact, what is on the agenda of the Israeli government concerns the 26,000 non Jewish foreigners who have infiltrated into the Jewish state.
Some of these foreigners have sought menial work in Israeli industry.
No discussion in the Israeli government concerning a proposal to deport the children of this illegal population in Israel has been discussed.
Instead, the New Israel Fund financed groups which advocate for this influx have manipulated the media to believe that the Israeli government is only discussing the deportation of the children of foreigners who have illegally arrived in Israel.
Rarely does the media report that intelligence reports confirm that more than one million illegal refugees are headed towards Israel through Egypt's Sinac desert, set to descend on Israel, whose total population numbers only 7.5 million, of whom 20% are already not Jewish.
Rarely does the media anlayze security implications of the thousands of refugees from Sudan, an Arab nation with an Islamic regime in an active war with Israel.
Rarely do you read press analysis of what would happen if 30,000 Sudanese established their presence in Israel’s port city of Elat, a city of less than 47,000 people. http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf
If these Sudanese were to take civics lessons from the NIF and then assert their democratic right to vote in an Elat municipal election, why would the Sudanese vote for Elat to secede from Israel, and join the Arab world? This would represent an Arab military victory, without firing a shot.
How many people remember that the Egyptian Parliament laid claim to Elat only four years ago. http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=60&q=2
Is it only a coincidence that Egypt provides the Sinai as a staging ground for the massive influx of a hostile population into Israel, especially into Elat, where unwanted non Jewish squatters now constitute at least 10% of Elat’s population?." (source)
The standard reports in the media portray Machmud Abbas and the Fatah as peace partners for Israel in the current middle east negotiations.
Rarely do we find any news reports which quote a senior Israeli government minister, Benyamin Begin, who tries to remind the public that the Fatah reiterated its commitment to the armed struggle against Israel at the seminal Fatah conference that took place last August in Bethlehem and that the Fatah never changed its covenant and commitment to liberate Palestine, all of Palestine.
See: 'Fatah Conference: August 2009' at http://israelbehindthenews.com/reports.html
2) Egypt’s Role in the Massive Supply of Weapons and Munitions to Hamas Regime in Gaza.
The standard reports in the media portray Iran as the sole supplier of weapons and munitions into the Gaza strip, via the tunnels.
Rarely do we find any news reports which note the geographical contiguity of Egypt to Gaza, and that is Egypt which allows hundreds of tunnels to have been dug into Gaza from Egyptian territory. Why not pay heed to credible intelligence analysis which lays the blame for the import of weapons and munitions to the Gaza regime squarely on the shoulders of the Egyptian regime?
Peruse the Bar Ilan University intelligence study which written just after Israel unilaterally stopped its military incursion into Gaza, entitled 'Egypt Is Not Going to Stop the Smuggling into Gaza' at http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/perspectives60.html
3) Is Israel Set to Deport the Children of Foreign Workers?
Standard news reports headline supposed Israeli government discussions to deport the children of foreign workers from Israel.
In fact, what is on the agenda of the Israeli government concerns the 26,000 non Jewish foreigners who have infiltrated into the Jewish state.
Some of these foreigners have sought menial work in Israeli industry.
No discussion in the Israeli government concerning a proposal to deport the children of this illegal population in Israel has been discussed.
Instead, the New Israel Fund financed groups which advocate for this influx have manipulated the media to believe that the Israeli government is only discussing the deportation of the children of foreigners who have illegally arrived in Israel.
Rarely does the media report that intelligence reports confirm that more than one million illegal refugees are headed towards Israel through Egypt's Sinac desert, set to descend on Israel, whose total population numbers only 7.5 million, of whom 20% are already not Jewish.
Rarely does the media anlayze security implications of the thousands of refugees from Sudan, an Arab nation with an Islamic regime in an active war with Israel.
Rarely do you read press analysis of what would happen if 30,000 Sudanese established their presence in Israel’s port city of Elat, a city of less than 47,000 people. http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf
If these Sudanese were to take civics lessons from the NIF and then assert their democratic right to vote in an Elat municipal election, why would the Sudanese vote for Elat to secede from Israel, and join the Arab world? This would represent an Arab military victory, without firing a shot.
How many people remember that the Egyptian Parliament laid claim to Elat only four years ago. http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=60&q=2
Is it only a coincidence that Egypt provides the Sinai as a staging ground for the massive influx of a hostile population into Israel, especially into Elat, where unwanted non Jewish squatters now constitute at least 10% of Elat’s population?." (source)
(BLOG) Arabs And Muslims Run To Israel
Please note that this article is written by Khaled Abu Toameh, an Arab Muslim, who is a veteran award-winning journalist that has been covering Palestinian affairs for nearly three decades.
He studied at Hebrew University and began his career as a reporter by working for a PLO-affiliated newspaper in Jerusalem.
"Many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have a dream: to work or live in Israel. Some even say they are prepared to pay large sums of money to obtain Israeli citizenship.
Others pay a lot of money to Palestinian and Jewish traffickers who help them bypass checkpoints to enter Israel in search of work and good life.
These are not self-hating Palestinians. Nor are they 'pro-Israel traitors' who support the Zionist movement.
Many Palestinians feel that neither Fatah nor Hamas has done enough to alleviate their suffering. Many Fatah leaders who stole billions of dollars of international donations earmarked for the Palestinians have invested their fortunes in hotels, tourist resorts and real estate firms in the West. Hamas, on the other hand, prefers to spend millions of dollars on purchasing [and smuggling] large amounts of weapons, including rockets and ammunition."
He studied at Hebrew University and began his career as a reporter by working for a PLO-affiliated newspaper in Jerusalem.
"Many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have a dream: to work or live in Israel. Some even say they are prepared to pay large sums of money to obtain Israeli citizenship.
Others pay a lot of money to Palestinian and Jewish traffickers who help them bypass checkpoints to enter Israel in search of work and good life.
These are not self-hating Palestinians. Nor are they 'pro-Israel traitors' who support the Zionist movement.
Many Palestinians feel that neither Fatah nor Hamas has done enough to alleviate their suffering. Many Fatah leaders who stole billions of dollars of international donations earmarked for the Palestinians have invested their fortunes in hotels, tourist resorts and real estate firms in the West. Hamas, on the other hand, prefers to spend millions of dollars on purchasing [and smuggling] large amounts of weapons, including rockets and ammunition."
(NEWS) PA Intelligence Agent: Hamas & Fatah Plotting To Kill Fayyad
"Fatah and Hamas leaders are plotting to kill Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad because he is becoming more popular than PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, according to a senior PA intelligence agent quoted by Arab activist and writer Fadi Elsalameen.
'Hamas and Fatah agree only on one thing: getting rid of Fayyad by hook or crook,' The agent, identified only as 'J,' told Elsalameen, who runs the PalestineNote.com web site. 'They will kill him if need be, and this is the only issue they work on together. Fatah wants the Ministry of Finance, and Fayyad refuses and threatens to resign every time they bring this up. No one has loyalty to him.'"
'Hamas and Fatah agree only on one thing: getting rid of Fayyad by hook or crook,' The agent, identified only as 'J,' told Elsalameen, who runs the PalestineNote.com web site. 'They will kill him if need be, and this is the only issue they work on together. Fatah wants the Ministry of Finance, and Fayyad refuses and threatens to resign every time they bring this up. No one has loyalty to him.'"
(NEWS) Hamas Detains Fatah Activists In Gaza
"Officials accuse Hamas of torturing, humiliating detainees.
Hamas's security forces in the Gaza Strip detained over the weekend dozens of Fatah activists in one of the largest crackdowns in recent months, Fatah officials said.
The latest clampdown on Fatah comes after fresh mediation efforts to solve the crisis with Hamas failed."
My Opinion
They cant even solve their own problems and yet they want to convince the world that Israel is wrong in everything they do...
Hamas commits violent attacks against their own people, they are far from being a healthy moral leadership...
Why are there no flotillas whenever Hamas kills their own innocent civilians as much as when they put them in harms way on purpose to make Israel look bad... Its time to wake up World!!
Hamas's security forces in the Gaza Strip detained over the weekend dozens of Fatah activists in one of the largest crackdowns in recent months, Fatah officials said.
The latest clampdown on Fatah comes after fresh mediation efforts to solve the crisis with Hamas failed."
My Opinion
They cant even solve their own problems and yet they want to convince the world that Israel is wrong in everything they do...
Hamas commits violent attacks against their own people, they are far from being a healthy moral leadership...
Why are there no flotillas whenever Hamas kills their own innocent civilians as much as when they put them in harms way on purpose to make Israel look bad... Its time to wake up World!!
(NEWS) PA Power Blackout Of Gaza Ignored By Most Countries
"Gaza residents have been without electricity for most of the day this week due to the Palestinian Authority’s halt in fuel shipments through Israeli crossings. Unlike their reaction to previous blackouts allegedly caused by limited Israeli shipments of diesel, the international community generally has remained silent.
The PA in Ramallah, headed by the Fatah party, is demanding back payment of millions of dollars for electricity. The rival Hamas party, which controls Gaza, claims that most of the money wasn’t paid because it is used for operating costs of the Gaza generator."
The PA in Ramallah, headed by the Fatah party, is demanding back payment of millions of dollars for electricity. The rival Hamas party, which controls Gaza, claims that most of the money wasn’t paid because it is used for operating costs of the Gaza generator."
(NEWS) Fatah, Hamas Demand 'Right Of Return'
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(NEWS) No Reconciliation Between Fatah & Hamas
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