Inching towards implosion - by Khaled Amayreh
It is doubtless that 2006 will be viewed by historians as one of the most tumultuous years in the annals of Palestinian history.
On 19 December, Egyptian mediators, after making exhaustive efforts, were able to secure an end to fighting between the two groups. At time of writing, the ceasefire, though fragile, was holding. Fears are, however, that unless the two sides, Fatah and Hamas, reach a political accord sooner rather than later the violence and bloodshed could spill over into a wider internal war.
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