Why Fatah And Hamas Won’t Reconcile
The latest episode of the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation saga is by no means a step closer to a unified government and an end to a 10-year political schism, analysts say.
On Sunday, Hamas pledged to dissolve its administrative committee which runs the Gaza Strip and expressed its willingness to hold general elections in a bid to reconcile with its rival Fatah political party in the occupied West Bank.
Hamas used the committee to run the internal affairs of the Gaza Strip, after accusing the Fatah-ruled Palestinian Authority (PA) of neglecting to do so.
In turn, the PA accused Hamas of using this administrative committee, which was announced in March, as a "shadow government" to further entrench political division and derail the prospect of a unity government.
