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...year earned by a typical Israeli in the west of the city, but more than twice as much as the average Palestinian earns in the West Bank. "The East Jerusalemites know that economically, life would be better under the Israelis than under [Palestinian President] Abu Mazen," says Seidemann...
...just a photo-op, then things on the ground will get worse," complains one Arab official. Adds another senior Arab source: "People will see this, at best, as another protracted process, and we'll be back to square one." That source adds, referring to Abbas by his nickname: "Abu Mazen will be hit hard. Hamas will have a heyday, and say, 'We told you so.' We want to avoid that scenario at all costs." Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apparently prefers a looser conference agenda, one unlikely to commit to fresh negotiations...
...Jandal was not an outlaw, he was an innocent man and we will exact justice against anyone who takes the law into their own hands, even if they wear police uniforms," said Sheikh Mazen, the imam of the Harba mosque where Bilal prayed...
...might reassure the Bush Administration, which has shown no enthusiasm for Abbas' joining Hamas in government, it will almost certainly deepen the wedge not only between Fatah and Hamas, but also between Abbas and the Palestinian public. "To the man and woman in the street, it seems that Abu Mazen [Abbas] is carrying out the orders of Israel and America," says the Fatah Central Committee member. Hamas legislators plan to oppose the move on the grounds that the Palestinian Basic Law forbids members of the legislature from serving in cabinet-level positions...
...They expected that Egypt and Saudi Arabia would play a different role," says Indyk."The Saudis had started off with a very hard line against Hamas but that policy shifted at the beginning of January. In a sense Abu Mazen, the Saudis and the Egyptians reached the decision it was better to cohabit with Hamas than confront them. They decided to step back from the brink and to make a variety of concessions...