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Israeli rejection of Gaza deal may topple Abbas
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| Last Edited | Penguin Jan 08, 2009 10:17pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Ha Aretz |
| News Date | Friday, January 9, 2009 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | At midnight Friday, according to Hamas' interpretation of the Palestinian constitution, the tenure of Mahmoud Abbas as President of the Palestinian Authority comes to an end.
The confrontation in the Gaza Strip has granted Israel the opportunity to decide whether Abbas will lose his legitimacy before some of his nation, or will secure continued Fatah rule in the West Bank.
The decision to adopt the Egyptian-French-American compromise may bring an end to the fighting in the Strip and create the conditions for the resumption of the peace process. A decision to reject it may, instead of causing the collapse of Hamas rule in Gaza, bring about the crash of Abbas' rule in the West Bank. And that will, by extension, destroy the road map. |
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