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Hamas-Fatah Agreement a Revolutionary Move

May 4, 2011

Hamas and Fatah—the Palestinian political parties in Israel and Gaza—have brokered a reconciliation agreement that ends their long rivalry, unifies them and calls for installing an interim technocratic government with elections to follow next year. It is a revolutionary move in revolutionary times says Shibley Telhami.

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