Hamas wins big in Palestinian elections.
Confidential message from me to Fatah: when you let yourself become the tool of a corrupt, nepotistic wanker just because this wanker happens to be a charismatic figurehead you can expect this sort of backlash after the wanker dies.
Confidential message from me to Israel: put together a government soon, because you’re going to need one.
If Mahmoud Abbas ever had a chance to prove his chops as a reasonable mediator between Palestine and Israel now would be the time. The last thing we need is for the next few years to be more interesting than they already are.
***Update***
Hamas won an outright majority. Maybe the difference between Hamas and Fatah is tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee, but I don’t think that’s the case. I think that it’s their plan to show that a ‘peace process’ can run in reverse.