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start implementing them," says Faisal Abu Shalha, a Fatah legislator in Gaza. Those agreements include recognizing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as interim prime minister of a unity government that would prepare for presidential and parliamentary elections within 90 days of its formation. "
e's competition, perhaps suspicion, but not an active or proxy warfare." This vision isn't going to mollify the suspicions of those concerned about Arab Gulf security. In December, Lpeculated that a "plausible, but still from an Arab point of view alarming, scenario is that the US is seeking to create a
mpted an agreement reached last week in Qatar between the head of Hamas' political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, and the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas. According to the deal, Abbas would take on the additional role of prime minister until elections are held later this year. Since the beginning of
ort, despite the dispute over the Assad regime. If the Gaza leadership is to mount an effective pushback against this new initiative, which enjoys Arab Gulf backing, it is going to require significant support from Iran. The Iranians might have incentives to continue to fund Hamas in Gaza to try to sabot
tart implementing them," says Faisal Abu Shalha, a Fatah legislator in Gaza. Those agreements include recognizing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as interim prime minister of a unity government that would prepare for presidential and parliamentary elections within 90 days of its formation. "
's competition, perhaps suspicion, but not an active or proxy warfare." This vision isn't going to mollify the suspicions of those concerned about Arab Gulf security. In December, I speculated that a "plausible, but still from an Arab point of view alarming, scenario is that the US is seeking to create
Entities connected to both Mahmoud Abbas and Arab Gulf

Barack Obama
PERSON
Fatah
ORGANIZATION
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Lebanon
LOCATION
United States
LOCATION
Tehran
LOCATION
Cairo
LOCATION
George W. Bush
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Tunisia
LOCATION
Middle East
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Damascus
LOCATION
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Yemen
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Marc Rich
PERSONthe Gaza Strip
LOCATIONthe Palestinian Authority
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