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Sitting in front of his blackboard in a Gaza university, Professor Mohammed Shabir, 60, is more at home in the microscopic realms of squirming protozoa than he is with Palestinian realpolitik. But that may soon change. The main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas need to come up with a compromise candidate for prime minister of a unity government led by technocrats, and Shabir may be just the man. The position needs someone respected by the armed Palestinian factions, who at the same time is acceptable to the international community, which has withheld funds from the Palestinian Authority since Hamas took...
...professor's acquaintance with virulent strains of bacteria may prove useful in dealing with warring Palestinian organisms - notably the Fatah movement led by President Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamist miitants of outgoing Prime Minister Ismael Haniyah's Hamas, who has recently as weeks ago were on the verge of open civil war. All that changed after the Israeli forces sliced into Gaza last month in an effort to stop militants launching homemade rockets at Israel. The incursion forced Hamas and Fatah gunmen who had been eyeing each other warily on Gaza street corners to once again confront a common enemy...
...Another casualty may have been the proposed unity government agreement between the Fatah organization of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamist militants of Hamas, led by Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh. Following the shelling, the two sides broke off talks to form a technocrat-led coalition government that would temper Hamas's militancy and allow international donors to lift their embargo on funds and most aid to the Palestinian territories...
...killings did not stop Palestinians talking unity, but their common purpose was now not good governance, but retaliating against Israel. Militants of both Fatah and Hamas called for a common "resistance" against the Israelis...
...nine months since Hamas gained control of the parliament, the group has started a war with Israel and allowed Palestinian communities to crumble. Hamullas, or gangs, now rule the streets of Gaza. Children have been killed in clashes between Hamas and Fatah security forces. Corrupt policemen only contribute to the chaos. Government salaries have not been paid for months and families are struggling to buy food and other necessities. Surely this is not what the Palestinians wanted when they voted for Hamas...