BTL:For Fatah, New Unity Pact with Hamas is Risky, but Few Options Remained

Interview with Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

For Fatah, New Unity Pact with Hamas is Risky, but Few Options Remained

Interview with Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

On May 4th, Fatah, the Palestinian faction that rules the West Bank, and Hamas, the Islamist faction that controls Gaza, signed a pact in Cairo that would unite the two rival parties to form a transitional government and hold long-delayed elections in both territories within a year. Because Hamas has refused to renounce violence or recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, Israel condemned the move, while the Obama administration is taking a wait-and-see approach.

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