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Gaza's Fragile Peace
[Newsweek] Kevin Peraino - Palestinian leaders hoped that the low-grade civil war that has killed about 100 Gazans and wounded 300 more since the beginning of the year was coming to an end. At an emergency summit meeting in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Hamas and Fatah agreed to share power in a new "unity government." But similar accords have collapsed in the past. Already politicians are squabbling over who will control Gaza's security forces and key cabinet ministries in any new government. Even if the two parties manage to agree, emotionally charged family rivalries could torpedo the deal. In Gaza, feuds between the roughly 100 large clans are something of a local sport.