Patrick Cockburn, The Independent: Neither Hamas or Fatah want to give up authority meaning the new Palestinian unity deal may not change much
Analysis: Those inside the West Bank and Gaza will welcome anything that changes their situation, but divisions both internally and internationally will make progress difficult
The unity agreement between Hamas and Fatah under which they will set up a joint administration that will, among other things, control Gaza is going to be regarded with scepticism in the region. The accord signed in the main intelligence headquarters in Cairo has come about because both the Palestinian sides are weak and have not discussed many divisive issues, but they do not want to be seen as blocking a deal.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 12, 2017
Trump’s North Korea Threat-Theater Is Working -- Austin Bay, Observer
Karzai warns Afghans and neighbors to resist ‘US agenda’ -- Ruchi Kumar, Asia Times
Kyrgyzstan bucks the central Asian trend for rigged elections -- Shaun Walker, The Guardian
Could Trump’s Hardline on Iran Do More Harm than Good? -- Mackenzie Weinger, The Cipher Brief
'It's become a monster': is Iran's revolutionary guard a terror group? -- Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian
America’s Crumbling Alliance with Turkey -- Noah Rothman, Commentary
Why Turkey-US tensions have come to a boil -- Angela Dewan and Gul Tuysuz, CNN
Trump should show Turkish tyrant Erdogan who’s boss -- Benny Avni, NYPost
The Spanish Civil War, revisited -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
Czech Election: Another Blow to the EU? -- Janusz Bugajski, RCW
Italy Knows How to Solve Catalonia's Problem -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
This is no joke: Bolivian ruler invokes his 'human right' to stay in power -- Andrés Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
How Top NBC Executives Quashed The Bombshell Harvey Weinstein Story -- Yashar Ali & Lydia Polgreen, Huffington Post
Justin Trudeau’s mission to save NAFTA -- Meagan Campbell, Macleans
The Storm Gathers and America Is Unready -- Dakota L. Wood, War on the Rocks
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