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"This is a red line that cannot be crossed," said the 63-year-old Hamas leader who played a pivotal role in achieving the reconciliation deal with Fatah on April 23. Abu Marzouk's remarks come as Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet in Qatar. The Hamas

the wider region. Until now, Asian nations needing help building up their infrastructure have turned to the Japanese either directly or through the Manila-based Asian Development Bank, which is traditionally run by a Japanese official, much like the World Bank tends to be run by an American and the In

ep its 290 water and sewage facilities running. The Hamas government refuses to buy alternative fuels, because taxes on these would go to the rival Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority. As a result, pumping stations ceased operation in November, and many streets in southern Gaza City are now inunda

lands in the South China Sea. Some 40 percent of international maritime trade passes through those contested waters. EFTA00636720 Washington and Manila have been negotiating since August on stationing more US Marines in the country. Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin has already announced t

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em. Egypt can and should be just such a partner. Foreign Policy In Focus contributor Richard Javad Heydarian is a foreign affairs analyst based in Manila. EFTA_R1_02031597 EFTA02690706 23 Article 6. Foreign Affairs How Fatah-Hamas Unity Threatens U.S. Funding Douglas N. Greenburg and Derek D.

s to Assad's concerns on both the Lebanese and Palestinian fronts. When in late 1979, radical factions in Iran endeavored, in coordination with al- Fatah, to dispatch volunteer corps to Southern Lebanon, Syrians thwarted the initiative. From the perspective of President Assad, the translation of an e

large deposits of oil and natural gas, and all the countries that encircle it, including China and the Philippines, want to exploit these reserves. Manila claims a 200- nautical mile "exclusive economic zone" stretching into the South China Sea from its western shores, an area it calls the West Philip

ion freed OFAC to allow all transactions with the Fatah- controlled PA in the West Bank. But should Hamas

ystem. Egypt can and should be just such a partner. Foreign Policy In Focus contributor Richard Javad Heydarian is a foreign affairs analyst based in Manila. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030177 --- PAGE BREAK --- 23 Article 6. Foreign Affairs How Fatah-Hamas Unity Threatens U.S. Funding Douglas N. Greenburg and Dere