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Fatah-Hamas Agreement Stalls Mideast Peace Efforts
May 4, 2011 10:44 am (EST)
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Robert Danin, Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, says the deal between the secularist Fatah and radical Islamist Hamas factions will effectively put Obama administration efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on hold.
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