While the 24/7 propaganda and distraction organs of the US corporate media babble about the President's belatedly produced birth certificate, the new and improved Egyptian government brokered a peace deal in secret between Hamas and Fatah that may lead to elections in what will one day be the state of Palestine. The development leaves the US on the outside looking in and its client state Israel wrong footed in the seemingly endless negotiation of a comprehensive settlement of the decades old Arab-Israeli conflict. The two Arab political parties fought a bloody battle for control of the Ghaza ghetto four years ago, but the agreement, if successful, would allow the Palestinians to present a united front in negotiations with the Jewish state. Israel's hardline prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is reportedly angered by the potential agreement since the Israeli and US governments consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization. He previously was able to play the Arab factions off each other and security obsessed western governments. Israel President Simon Perez judged the accord between the two parties "an obstacle to eventual peace with Israel" and a "grave error that will prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state." But the departure of Egypt's Mubarak, who towed the US-Israeli line on Hamas, allowed the Egyptian government to play a more constructive, neutral role of mediation. The major unrest in Syria also affected the negotiations since Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal lives there under the protection of Syrian President Assad. The deal could collapse over details of power sharing, however. Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007, while Fatah controls the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority. Previous reconciliation efforts have failed at the last minute.
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