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Palestinian Political Rivalries at the Heart of Tensions Between Israel and Hamas

Le Monde · 2011-04-14

The article argues that Palestinian political divisions were intertwined with the April escalation between Israel and Hamas, despite a fragile de facto truce after Palestinian casualties in Israeli strikes. It traces the sequence from Ismail Haniyeh’s invitation to Mahmoud Abbas to visit Gaza and the March 15 youth protest calling for Palestinian reunification, to the killing of two Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades members, Hamas’s unprecedented rocket and mortar response since Operation Cast Lead, and the subsequent stalling of reconciliation when Hamas military officials said they could not guarantee Abbas’s safety in Gaza.

The article argues that Palestinian political divisions were intertwined with the April escalation between Israel and Hamas, despite a fragile de facto truce after Palestinian casualties in Israeli strikes. It traces the sequence from Ismail Haniyeh’s invitation to Mahmoud Abbas to visit Gaza and t…

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