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Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1126586.html
Abbas Expected to Stay, Despite Retirement Announcement
[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - Three days after Mahmoud Abbas stated that he does not intend to run in the next Palestinian presidential election, more analysts are saying he is likely to keep his current post for a long time to come. Palestinian analysts as well as senior PA and Fatah officials believe that as long as Fatah and Hamas do not reconcile, the elections Abbas called for in January 2010 will be postponed indefinitely.