The first Fatah conference in 25 years may cause significant tensions between the Palestinian Authority, Israel, the United States, and Egypt, according to a news report. Next week’s conference is expected to boost the legitimacy of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, but recent hurdles may torpedo the event while taking Abbas and the peace process with it. In order for the conference to succeed, Israel would have to concede to allow many extremists from abroad and the Gaza Strip into the West Bank to attend the conference, an act that could potentially threaten Israel, Knowing that a failed conference would force Abbas to resign, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reportedly pressured U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell to urge Israeli cooperation with the event. The United States embarked on a serious Israel-Palestine peace process centered on Abbas, whose removal from office would hinder the entire effort. At the conference, Abbas is also expected to appoint Maher Gneim as his successor and second in command. Gneim repeatedly called for armed resistance against Israel and attempted to sabotage the peace process in the mid-90s.
Notably, the report reads,
“The Israeli government therefore finds itself in the hugely anomalous position of being squeezed by the United States, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to help launch a Palestinian conference which is certain to be as radically anti-Israel as the Islamist Hamas to give the US-promoted “peace process” a necessary lifeline.”
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