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May 2, 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Will Help Peace

Akiva Eldar, Haaretz

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What do they have in common - the hawks of Iz al-Din al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; his bodyguard, Defense Minister Ehud Barak; and Nobel Peace Prize laureate President Shimon Peres ? They all threw a fit over the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas.

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TAGGED: Israel, Hamas, Fatah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak

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