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...Abbas by four percentage points.) Many of their grassroots members are also the rank-and-file of Abbas?s uniformed Palestinian security services, on whom he would have to rely in any crackdown. Hamas, meanwhile, has moved into the mainstream of Palestinian politics, and in recent municipal elections in Gaza its candidates handily thrashed those of Abbas?s own Fatah movement. While Abbas was certainly democratically elected, his mandate comes as much from the Al Aqsa Brigades as from supporters of his own view that the armed intifada has been a self-inflicted catastrophe for Palestinian national interests...
...very idea of freeing those who have killed Israelis tear at Sharon?s own instincts, but such a move would almost certainly strengthen the hand of those on the right flank of his own party who are looking to unseat the prime minister in order to scuttle his planned Gaza withdrawal. Abbas?s problem, however, is that the militants have made prisoner releases a fundamental condition for their ?hudna,? and its prospects are grim if he can?t deliver in a manner that satisfies them. So, even on a ?precursor? issue such as prisoner releases, Abbas?s needs and Sharon...
...remarkable shift on the part of Hamas - or a realization, like that experienced by the PLO in the 1980s, that the State of Israel is an intractable reality - the Islamist organization has signaled its readiness to accept the principle of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Not that Abbas necessarily expects to cut a deal with Sharon. He has long argued that by launching the armed intifada, the Palestinians squandered the international support, particularly among Western nations, which he believes remains their most effective means of leverage behind the Palestinian negotiating position. By ending violence, Abbas hopes...
...getting him there. Abbas agreed to go to Sharm el-Sheikh because he wants to show that he has Egypt's support in his effort to rein in the militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Shaken by Hamas' overwhelming victory in last month's municipal elections in the Gaza Strip, Abbas' Fatah Party sees Egypt as a powerful ally in the political battle against the group...
...into a war that has become an enormous money pit. Perhaps if we had used our resources more wisely over the years we could have helped reduce the death and destruction caused by the tsunami. Laura Geisel Redondo Beach, California, U.S. Tall Order for Abbas In his "Letter from Gaza," Matt Rees referred to the "culture of waste and corruption that ruined the Palestinian economy under Arafat" [Jan. 10]. I don't think that ruin can be laid solely at Yasser Arafat's door. How about the brutal invasion of Palestinian towns and villages by the Israeli army that prevented...