Questions about “Hamas-Fatah reconciliation”

by Ali Abunimah for his blog on EI: Big news today about a reported “Hamas-Fatah reconciliation” deal. What does it mean? First, here’s what we know from Reuters: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement has struck an agreement with bitter rival Hamas on forming an interim government and fixing a date for a general election, officials said Wednesday. The surprise deal was brokered by Egypt and followed secret talks between