Smoke and Mirrors: The Palestinian Coffee House Verdict on the Unity Deal with Hamas

(Independent-UK) Ben Lynfield - At a popular coffee house in Al Bireh in the central West Bank, many doubted the reconciliation agreement Abbas struck with Hamas would last, or thought it would end up on the shelf like previous reconciliation deals. Amjad Mohammed, an official in the PA Interior Ministry, noted: "Hamas doesn't want reconciliation. It wants all the power in its hands. That's the nature of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas wants to rule over everything."


2014-04-27 00:00:00

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