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The fight for the West Bank

Beyond attacking Israel, will Hamas's political wing ever prevail over Fatah?

Palestinians wearing Hamas, Fatah masks
Photo by: REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah
Over and above the IDF’s "Pillar of Defense" operation against Hamas, the Palestinian body politic itself is engaged in a fratricidal struggle for the hearts and minds of the Palestinian “man-in-the-street.”

In one corner sits the Fatah party, which controls the Palestinian Authority (PA) and is the effective government of the Palestinian area of the West Bank. Whatever his ultimate ambitions may be, its leader President Mahmoud Abbas declares himself in favour of a negotiated peace settlement with Israel based on a two-state solution.

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