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...roadmap," has made clear that he can only do so with the consent of the radical groups. Abbas has held off on accepting security responsibility for Gaza and parts of the West Bank pending a truce agreement from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa brigades of his own Fatah faction, and has said repeatedly that he has no intention of using force against those groups, for fear of sparking a Palestinian civil war that he would likely lose...
...with - even Dahlan has signaled the aging leader that his loyalty remains with Arafat - but even with the support of the PA leader it's far 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...
...Israeli response has been more conditional, and just last week Ariel Sharon's government launched an all-out war on Hamas even as Palestinian Authority prime minister Mahmoud Abbas pursued cease-fire talks with the organization. Abbas has failed so far to persuade even the militants of his own Fatah faction to sign on to a cease-fire, much less the Islamist opposition...
...political leader of Hamas was intended to make life even more difficult for Abbas. Not that the Palestinian prime minister was making much progress. Hamas had broken off talks with Abbas even before the latest Israeli assassination strikes, and launched new attacks in concert with militants from both Fatah and Islamic Jihad. Those talks have since resumed, but have yet to produce a cease-fire agreement. And Israel has made clear that while it will indulge a cease-fire for now, it insists on dismantling of the organizations that have mounted terror attacks - an option unlikely to be acceptable...
...Abbas's own authority. Yasser Arafat plainly remains in charge of the PA, and his endorsement remains essential if Abbas is to have even a remote chance of delivering on the security requirements of the "roadmap." Tuesday's reports that Israel is considering freeing Marwan Barghouti - the West Bank Fatah leader accused by Israel of running the movement's militias and terror groups - is a further indicator that those orchestrating the roadmap process are aware that the only workable cease-fire is one endorsed by those who are doing the fighting. The release of Barghouti would be the strongest signal...