Monday October 20, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

Egypt issued invitations to Hamas and Fatah leaders to join together for a pow wow on November 9th.
The objective of the gathering is to try and mend fences and to agree to power share in the leadership of the Palestinian Authority.

It's a classic story;
Fatah Palestinian leadership agrees to join with Hamas and share power and is then powerless to oust Hamas extremists or to topple Hamas.

From the Hamas point of view it is a perfect arrangement:
This is exactly how Hamas was able to oust and topple Fatah in Gaza. Hamas was able to observe the Fatah power base in Gaza and then crushed it in a matter of days.

Fatah just isn't thinking strategically:
If Fatah does succeed in power sharing with Hamas they will be shunned by the US. It will mean a wall to wall rejection of Abbas in America. Considering how much Abbas is getting from the US and the pressure the US is putting on Israel for an agreement with the Palestinians plus the fact that Abbas was in the White House two weeks ago, this deal would be a big mistake.

But then again, Abbas is prone to making big mistakes.

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