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Soldier's Kidnapping Brings Fatah Closer to Hamas
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Fatah officials on Monday expressed support for Hamas' demand to release Palestinian prisoners held in Israel in return for kidnapped IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday accompanied Hamas' Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on a visit to the ruins of the prime minister's office, which was destroyed in an Israeli air raid. The PA security forces, which consist largely of Fatah members, are also supportive of the kidnappers' demands, which explains why these forces have made no serious effort to track down the whereabouts of the soldier. Fatah leader Muhammad Dahlan has also come out in public in support of the kidnappers' demands.