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January 3, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/in_middle_east_best_news_is_no_news_E3xT4HHSEADNcOjqgncAMP

In 2012, No Mideast Peace Pact

(New York Post) Benny Avni - Palestinians are threatening to redouble their efforts at the UN unless Israel - by Jan. 26 - agrees to their terms to relaunch peace talks. Certainly none of this will advance the prospects for a quick peace deal. Any temporary Hamas-Fatah unity regime that does manage to come together would be in no position to resume peace talks. For now, Israel, the U.S., the Europeans and the UN all regard the Gaza-based Islamists as an illegitimate negotiating partner. True, with the rest of the Arab world trending Islamist, Hamas is ascending politically. But its growing presence will only make Israeli-Palestinian talks less likely.

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