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International Crisis Group: PA Must Deliver or Face Chaos
(Aljazeera-Qatar)- The new Palestinian president will have to deliver in his first three months in office or risk the prospect of chaos and conflict, a new report by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) said Thursday. There are many suppressed rivalries awaiting the new leadership's first slip to reassert themselves. "As president, Mahmud Abbas will have to prove to Palestinians he can deliver, and he probably has to do so in his first three months on the job," Mouin Rabbani, an ICG Middle East analyst, says. "If he fails to improve daily life and offer the hope of a political settlement - and here Israel and the international community need to deliver as well - the situation is likely to quickly revert to chaos and conflict." The future Palestinian leader will need to revitalize the political system by reforming institutions and incorporating Islamic groups within it, the report said.