Fair international commitments can spur Palestinian-Israeli coexistence
4th Jan 2006, 22:05 GMT
The confused state of the parliamentary elections scheduled for January 25 in Palestine reflect four concentric circles of political contestation that need to be clarified if that important vote is to go ahead. There is tension inside the dominant Fatah Movement in Palestine, and similar contestation between Fatah and the Hamas-led Islamists who have already scored well in local elections.
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