For the two million Palestinians of Gaza, trapped in a tiny coastal strip that is---an open-air prison,---offered a potential respite from their lives of dire shortages of electricity and lifesaving medicine [etc.,ect.]---
For the Palestinian leadership, it held out the prospect of negotiating with Israel with a single voice---
---Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Israel “objects to any reconciliation that does not include” accepting international agreements, recognizing Israel and disarming Hamas. A Fatah-Hamas rapprochement would make “peace much harder to achieve,” Mr. Netanyahu said---
[see my comment below]
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At www.nytimes.com
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