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...little independent political authority and has, instead, operated as an intermediary between the Israelis and Americans on the one hand, and on the other hand those Palestinians to whom they refuse to speak directly - PA president Yasser Arafat, Fatah militia leader Marwan Barghouti (currently on trial in Tel Aviv on terror charges), and the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Abbas and Dahlan pointedly refused to accept security responsibility in Gaza without the consent of the militants - in the form of a hudna, the Islamic term for a temporary cease-fire, in which those organizations have undertaken to halt...
...from clear that Abbas can deliver a durable cease-fire. That the hudna agreement was reached through extensive consultation with Hamas, Jihad and Fatah militants currently held in Israeli prisons - the Fatah signatory is reportedly Marwan Barghouti, the high-profile West Bank Fatah leader currently on trial in Tel Aviv for terrorism - is testimony to the limits of Abbas's ability to be much more than a facilitator between the Americans, Israelis and Palestinians they'd rather not have to talk...
...criticize Israel, I should look at myself," says Hassan, 43. "We're not saints, but Israelis also can't be allowed to believe that they're saints who are somehow forced to do evil things." A year ago, Hassan drove down from the hills around Nazareth, heading for Tel Aviv. On the plain near Afula, he watched columns of Israeli tanks moving toward Jenin. At night, he could see the explosions in the camp. Palestinian leaders claimed Israel had massacred as many as 500 civilians there during 12 bloody days of combat. In fact, 54 Palestinians, mostly fighters, were dead...
...pledge an end to terrorism. Arafat, however, is doing everything to undermine him. He has portrayed Abu Mazen as an American stooge and is opposing the dismantling of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which just last week took credit for a massacre at a seaside cafe in Tel Aviv...
...Palestinian prime minister, a U.S.-backed "roadmap" to peace and recent dovish statements from the Israelis are simply the new packaging on a familiar stalemate. The bomber, reportedly sent by Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade, killed three Israelis and wounded scores of other in a Tel Aviv attack timed to mock new Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas's promise, in a speech only hours earlier, to fight terrorism and disarm the likes of Hamas and the Al-Aqsa brigades...