"The new Gaza Agreement stipulates operational mechanisms to implement the Cairo Agreement and the Doha Declaration. Such mechanisms include the formation of a government of national consensus, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, within a five-week timeframe.
"Specialists and technocrats are to prepare for legislative, presidential and National Council elections. President Abbas set the date of simultaneous elections for all three bodies for at least six months in the future, after the formation of the government in consultation with the Palestinian factions."
What would be the impact of of the implementation of the Gaza Agreement?
"It would enable the Palestinians to better confront the Zionist occupation, restore the Palestinian cause to its rightful status on the world stage, and strengthen Palestine's position at the negotiating table. It would also ease the suffering endured by the Palestinian people as a result of their divisions, and renew their executive and legislative frameworks."
By embracing this Agreement, and by bringing the EU and other world leaders with him in his support, President Obama would announce to the world that he was the man of peace he claimed to be when he ran for election in 2008. After winning that election, and to the surprise of many, President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize after less than eight months in office.
Critics at the time said it was too early for such an award to be presented on promise rather than on performance. President Obama acknowledged this reality when he said in his Nobel speech accepting the award:
"Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations. To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize."
A dramatic move this summer, a move in which he would display his support of a unified Palestinian government, would be the moment in which Barack Obama finally earns that 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
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