Will Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Deal Succeed?
(World News Egypt)

The announcement of an Egypt-brokered reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas on Thursday raised hopes that a decade of bitter feuding between the rival Palestinian factions may finally come to an end. The early conclusion of the talks in Cairo hinted at how much pressure both sides were under to make progress. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hailed what he called a `declaration of the end to division`. He is expected to visit Gaza within the next month, for the first time since Hamas ousted Fatah from the enclave in 2007. However, the two sides reached only a partial agreement, addressing civil and administrative matters. Far more contentious issues - such as national...