http://reut-blog.org/2008/09/25/palestinian-elections-2009-hamas-fatah/ Daily Analysis of Pressing Issues on Israel's National Agenda Sat, 05 May 2012 09:00:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://reut-blog.org/2008/09/25/palestinian-elections-2009-hamas-fatah/#comment-565 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:01:30 +0000 http://blogreut.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-565 I follow your blog for quite a long time and should tell that your posts are always valuable to readers.

]]> http://reut-blog.org/2008/09/25/palestinian-elections-2009-hamas-fatah/#comment-191 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:19:43 +0000 http://blogreut.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-191 [...] Palestinian elections. As of September 2008, Israeli political observes noted an erupting “constitutional crisis” in the Occupied Territories due to disagreement “between Hamas and Fatah over when the next [...]

]]> http://reut-blog.org/2008/09/25/palestinian-elections-2009-hamas-fatah/#comment-33 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:08:16 +0000 http://blogreut.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-33 Israel has a big decision to make and it will be one of the first that new PM Livni will have to make in the coming months. Unless Fatah and Hamas come to some sort of agreement regarding Abbas’s role as President of the PA, there is likely to be an all our battle for control and Israel will have to make a decision on whether to get involved and support Fatah and resist a Hamas takeover of the West Bank or to sit back and stay out of it. Israel may of course not have a choice as when the bullets start firing amongst the Palestinians, they usually get fired at Israel too as a way of bringing Israel into the battle and uniting both Fatah and Hamas against their common enemy. Israel will have an even harder choice of whether to resist this temptation to join in or not.
Despite the training Fatah has been receiving from both US and Israeli security personnel, with much success in reigning in street crime in tough West Bank towns such as Nablus and Jenin, Hamas arguably has the popular advantage amongst the people. It is also arguable whether or not the Fatah fighters, although they may have the weaponry and training, have the morale and will to fight against Hamas as it was this lack of morale in June 2007 that was one of the meain factors leading to Hamas taking over Gaza in the first place.
Interesting times are approaching and Novemeber until January will be a time of change and uncertainty.

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