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Cease-fire faces big hurdles
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Washington Jewish Week
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June 19, 2008
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- Susser, Leslie
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For starters: Will it really endure?
Analysis
JERUSALEM - A six-month ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, due to go into effect Thursday, could help create conditions for wider peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinians.
But there are two huge potential stumbling blocks: Israeli generals doubt whether the tahadiyeh, or truce, will hold and the chances that Hamas and the more moderate Fatah, which controls the West Bank, will work in tandem for a wider peace deal are remote.
When Hamas violently took control of the Gaza Strip a year ago, Israeli and American leaders saw a window of opportunity for peacemaking with the relatively moderate Fatah leaders.
The idea was that with Hamas out ...