georgephillip
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"Rivals Hamas and Fatah are moving toward a unity government as early as next week, in what seems to be their most promising attempt yet to heal a seven-year split that weakened the case for Palestinian statehood."All the better to eat the PLO with...What's your take on the recent reunion between Hamas and Iran?Hasbro makes some damned-fine games and toys.
Fatah and Hamas make (and hire) some marginally functional tools and useful idiots.
"A rapprochement between Hamas and Tehran is under way almost three years after a breach over the Palestinian party's refusal to back the Syrian government in the civil war, and amid its current political isolation following the demise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
"The rebuilding of the relationship is likely to dismay Israel and the US, which had welcomed the weakened ties between Gaza's rulers and their powerful political, financial and military sponsors.
"'Relations between us are now almost back to how they were before [the crisis over Syria]. We believe we will soon be back at that point,' said Taher al-Nounou, an aide to Gaza's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh.
"Contacts between high-ranking officials from both sides had resumed, he said.
"Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas's political bureau, based in Qatar, has met Iranian representatives in Ankara and Doha in recent months, and may visit Tehran in the coming months."
Hamas and Iran rebuild ties three years after falling out over Syria | World news | theguardian.com
( great casus belli for the future, in connection with the Palestinians )
Palestinian rivals closer to ending 7-year rift
Maybe Putin could use another warm water port in Gaza?