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Israel Again Fails to Break Palestinian Unity Deal

Middle East Briefing  August 24, 2014
Israel’s month-and-a-half long invasion of Gaza, aimed at breaking up the Palestinian unity agreement, failed to accomplish that goal and has actually strengthened Hamas’ standing. Now, the Netanyahu government appears to have launched another effort to split Hamas and Fatah by accusing Hamas of plotting a coup against the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank—and claiming that Israel intervened to protect the PA.