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Gaza: Misery without borders
According to Cairo, factional reconciliation can end the agonies of Palestinians caught on the border at Rafah, Dina Ezzat reports
It appears the time to launch a Palestinian reconciliation dialogue is not fully ripe yet, but contact is ongoing between all concerned parties, especially main rivals Fatah and Hamas, to conceptualise its tentative agenda. This, according to concerned Egyptian officials close to mediation efforts.
Storms may lie ahead, however. Hamas has informed Egypt, along with other Arab parties, of its apprehensions relative not only to dialogue with Fatah but also about the fate of its less than three-week old fragile ceasefire with Israel. Egypt is at odds with the political reasoning of Hamas regarding both the truce and reconciliation with Fatah. However, according to official sources, Egypt is aware of the difficulties attendant to both.
According to the assessment of the most optimistic Egyptian official, even if the Hamas-Israel truce is maintained there will inevitably be moments of military confrontation between the two. Moreover, the same officials argue that even if Hamas and Fatah meet -- with or without other Palestinian factions -- it is unlikely to result in anything more than a cosmetic rapprochement.
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Storms may lie ahead, however. Hamas has informed Egypt, along with other Arab parties, of its apprehensions relative not only to dialogue with Fatah but also about the fate of its less than three-week old fragile ceasefire with Israel. Egypt is at odds with the political reasoning of Hamas regarding both the truce and reconciliation with Fatah. However, according to official sources, Egypt is aware of the difficulties attendant to both.
According to the assessment of the most optimistic Egyptian official, even if the Hamas-Israel truce is maintained there will inevitably be moments of military confrontation between the two. Moreover, the same officials argue that even if Hamas and Fatah meet -- with or without other Palestinian factions -- it is unlikely to result in anything more than a cosmetic rapprochement.
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These people's fears gained credibility Monday morning when the Israeli army's planning department submitted a document proposing a resumption of military raids against the Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian "violations" of the truce agreement. The document, which was publicised by Haaretz newspaper last Monday, states that Israel should make a military response to every missile the Palestinian resistance fires on nearby settlements. It also claims that Palestinians have fired seven missiles and five mortar shells since the beginning of the truce, and says that Israel should not accept this. It recommends that the Israeli army undertake "localised attacks" in response to each missile launch.
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