Palestinian elections- will they happen or not? Seems very unlikely that elections will be held in January - or June for that matter. What's the purpose of the election anyway? a Palestinian election can hardly be deemed democratic (they weren't the last time, with the media controlled by either Hamas or Fatah and armed militiamen intimidating voters, etc), and if they were held and Abbas wins, he will still have NO control over Gaza.
Perhaps a more general question: what sort of "Palestinian" state can be created when the W. bank and Gaza are not only geographically separated, but also so ideologically, culturally, and politically miles apart?
As for Israel, how can it negotiate with a government that does not control all of its territory?
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