Word: fatah
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Johnston's captors are thought to be a clan with criminal as well as political connections, and the lawlessness of this kidnapping is another sign of anarchic times in Gaza. Hamas and Fatah are fighting for power, and random armed groups are filling the vacuum in unpredictable ways. Compare the silence from Johnston's captors to the more traditional dealings of those who have held Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit since June. Earlier this month, they gave Israel a long list of prisoners they want in exchange for Shalit. The swap hasn't happened, but in light of Johnston's case...
Safieh, a member of the secular Fatah party, said yesterday that his party’s coalition with Hamas has increased Palestinian political support for a peace accord with Israel...
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert re-opened peace negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday, after Hamas agreed on March 15 to govern in a coalition with Fatah...
...Palestinian territory of Gaza at Rafah and Karni. But some Western envoys fear that strengthening Abbas' forces could help unravel the unity government. International observers and Palestinians claim that Abbas' Praetorian guard was hardly neutral during the recent civil conflict that wracked the Palestinian territories as gunmen from Fatah and Hamas traded fire for days on end: The president's forces laid siege to the Islamic University in Gaza, which has many Hamas sympathizers among its students, destroying classrooms, libraries and a computer center. Palestinians and some Western diplomats monitoring the events in Gaza say that channeling resources to Palestinian...
...Egypt, with intelligence chiefs from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, according to U.S. diplomats familiar with her agenda. Israel is considered to be the Hamas' main target, but if the Palestinian unity government breaks apart, as many expect, Hamas may also be steeling itself for an armed showdown with Fatah militants loyal to Abbas. "The flow of funds and arms [to Hamas] is not conducive to peace and stability," said a source close to the peace process. "You don't want to have arms caches built up for the day when things go bad and then you have civil...