AP reports: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday swore in a new government comprised mainly of members of his Fatah Party, but without representation of his bitter rivals from the militant Islamic Hamas group."
Comment: The march of unreality continues in the Mideast. I'm all for ignoring Hamas, but it does point out the surreal nature of Palestinian politics. Hamas won national parliamentary elections, but Fatah is still the party in power, because they are the only party that actually wants peace with Israel and they have the backing of the international community. How can there be a two-state solution when the Palestinians are divided? Hamas, the Israel-rejecting party, rules in Gaza while Fatah rules in the West Bank and both claim to represent the Palestinians. The international community wants the two-state solution with a new Palestinian state in Gaza, the West Bank, and a part of Jerusalem. If they created that state today, the Gaza part would be an enemy state almost instantly at war with Israel. And this is what they want Israel to support. It's madness.
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