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Intra-Palestinian reconciliation: time for accountability
Alaa Tartir is a Palestinian writer and researcher who is working on a PhD at the London School of Economics. He is also the program director of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.The al-Shati refugee camp reconciliation agreement signed between Fatah and Hamas in Gaza on April 23, 2014 is the most recent chapter in the intra-Palestinian reconciliation saga.
While it is promising news for the Palestinian people, the obvious challenge is whether it will be implemented.
It seems that both parties are underestimating the extent of the damage that such a long conflict has caused to the Palestinian political and social landscape. I fear that after seven years, the division has become entrenched in every single aspect of Palestinian life.
in full:http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=692862