Mediation efforts between Hamas, Fatah

Interesting story on Qatar's failed effort to mediate between Hamas and Fatah. Pretty hard to please Israel and the West by saving Fatah in the absence of internal reform within the party:

Kuwait News Agency - 11 October, 2006
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdelrahman Al-Ateyyah praised on Tuesday the initiative of Qatar's first deputy premier and foreign minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani in mediating between Hamas and Fatah movements.

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