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Source: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5823&l=1&m=1
Palestine Divided
[International Crisis Group] The division between the West Bank and Gaza is set to endure despite the growing number of international actors who acknowledge that without Palestinian unity, a genuine peace process with Israel is unattainable. Prioritizing partisan concerns over the national interest, both Hamas and Fatah see greater cost than reward in compromise. Without regional and international incentives to shift this calculus, Palestine's political-territorial division will only deepen. "The bottom line is that the kind of unity that seemed possible two years ago has become an appreciably more complicated endeavor," states Robert Malley, Director of Crisis Group's Middle East and North Africa Program.