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“I see separation coming,” Fatah legislator Muheeb Awwad sighed as he sat in his Ramallah office chain-smoking cigarettes under a portrait of the late Yasser Arafat. “Hamas is keen on establishing a mini-state in the Gaza Strip. What I'm worried about is that this idea is accepted by many sides.”
I'd been wondering what the hell was going on, and why the IDF was standing by and allowing this to happen. This could be it:
“All red lines have been crossed,” Mr. Awwad said.
He said that intellectuals were mulling over the possibility that the West Bank could enter some sort of confederation with neighbouring Jordan, leaving a Hamas-run Gaza to go its own way.
This has been an Israeli goal since Golda Meir's time (note: I'm a big SUPPORTER of Israel) - rather than have to deal with a Palestinian state, have the West Bank Palestinians confederate with Jordan (which presumably would keep them in line). It was a pipe dream then, it's probably still a pipe dream now. And somehow I don't see a radical, Islamicized Gaza as much of a step forward toward peace.
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