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"Bad Blood" Hovers over Latest Attempt at Palestinian Reconciliation
(JNS.org) Sean Savage - Grant Rumley, an expert on Palestinian politics and a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said he does not expect the latest Hamas-Fatah reconciliation to succeed. "Ultimately the two sides have too much bad blood and divergent ideologies to coexist meaningfully," he said. "Abbas' sanctions were viewed by many in Gaza as cruel, depriving them of electricity and medical supplies in a long summer. Hamas' leaders were desperate for any reprieve and outside funding, and to that end were willing to cut a deal with anyone who could get money and fuel into Gaza."