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In Shadow of Stalled Peace Talks, Hamas and Fatah Nearing Reconciliation
(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - Headlines in Palestinian news outlets on Monday reflected incautious optimism regarding the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation: "Breakthrough expected"; "Chances good for implementation of reconciliation agreements between Fatah and Hamas"; "Hamas welcomes Fatah delegation." Representatives of the movements met on Sunday in Cairo and, according to reports from Egypt, achieved "real progress" after Hamas agreed to give in on one of the fundamental conditions of the agreement, by which "all clauses of the agreement are to be viewed as a single entity." The parties also agreed to begin two weeks of talks on the establishment of a national unity government, and only thereafter to discuss a date for elections and the distribution of portfolios in the unified PLO leadership.