The entity knows as the Palestinian Authority is drifting into two states. Even their common hatred of Jews can't bind them together.
(IsraelNN.com) Fatah-Hamas negotiations at an impasse, Abbas accused of ousting PLO veterans, January elections thus appear unlikely. Two states for one (PA) people?
Egyptian-brokered talks between Hamas and Fatah for a unified Palestinian Authority government have broken down, and some say they will not be renewed in the near future. Egypt blames both sides, though attributes more responsibility for the impasse to Fatah, led by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Egypt announced on Sunday, however, that it still hopes to have an agreement finalized by August 25.
Fatah and Hamas fought a short war in 2007, by the end of which Hamas had taken over control of Gaza. The Palestinian Authority has since then functioned as two entities from many standpoints: Hamastan in Gaza, and Fatahland in Judea/Samaria. The most recent battle between forces of the two sides resulted in six dead in the Fatah-controlled city of Kalkilye: two Hamas terrorists, three Fatah security men, and a bystander.
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