Remember the Hamas-Fatah unity agreement that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter hailed as a “return to unified Palestinian governance”? For some reason — surprise! — it’s not going so well: 
Hamas on Tuesday denounced statements made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an interview with Lebanese television in which he said that he has the right to choose the prime minister of the Palestinian unity government, specifically mentioning current PA Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad.
Fatah and Hamas’s failure to agree on the identity of the new prime minister has led to the indefinite postponement of the establishment of the unity government. Fatah continues to insist on the appointment of Fayyad, while Hamas says it would never sit together with him in any government.
Now I’m no expert on nation-building, but maybe — just maybe — a Palestinian “unity government” based solely on two parties’ hatred of Israel, rather than something positive and constructive, isn’t the best foundation upon which to build a functioning, productive state.
Just a thought.
What do you think?
1:44 pm
They need to pack it up and go home.
8:29 am
I agree totally. If two people hate Israel and that’s all they’re about, there will never be a solution! I stand behind Israel 100% all the time.