Thursday, 13 August 2009

New Fatah ruling body cuts out overseas representation including Gaza

DEBKAfile Special Report

August 12, 2009, 10:42 AM (GMT+02:00)

Abu Maher Ghneim

Abu Maher Ghneim

DEBKAfile's analysts note that while fervently promoting the "right of return" for the 1948 refugees, the 2,300 delegates to the Fatah conference elected only one overseas member; Fatah delegates from Jordan, Syria, the Persian Gulf, Yemen, North Africa - and even the Gaza Strip absentees - did not get a look in past the solid phalanx of West Bankers.

The event has consequently deepened the West Bank-Gaza Strip divide - another major obstacle for President Barack Obama's Middle East peace program. 
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Syria's Assad plays hardball with Obama

DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report

August 12, 2009, 2:32 AM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKA-Net-Weekly tracks the latest back-stage twists in US presidential Barack Obama's fortunes as Middle East peace champion. Will assigning the Levant to secretary of state Hillary Clinton crack this deadlock open?

Find some answers to this and other conundrums in the next DEBKA-Net-Weekly issue out next Friday.

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