[Ha'aretz] Zvi Bar'el - Fatah's violent dispersal of the Hamas rally against the Annapolis summit in Hebron attests to Mahmoud Abbas' determination to seal every crack Hamas might slip through. At the same time, it illustrates that the PA chairman is dealing with a time bomb. It is clear to Abbas and Washington that an all-out war by Fatah on Hamas is impossible without massive military intervention by Israel. However, if Abbas enlists Israeli help for such a cause, he would undermine his own legitimacy.
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