This is the key to the success of the ground game for Israel. Install Fatah people in power, make sure they stay in power, and then get out.
This may be why Israel pulled all jews out of Gaza. Let Hamas destroy itself, then let a more moderate Fatah back in. Meanwhile no jewish hostages in Gaza. Look what Hamas is doing the their Fatah prisoners.
Exactly. The US has had Army General Dayton on the ground in Jordan and the West Bank training 7 brigades loyal to Fatah for several years now.
There can be no “Palestinian State” unless it has 1 government absolutely committed to peace with Israel. Short of that, Israel should expect non-belligerency.
I figure this exercise is the culmination of a plan that the Bush administration laid out a long time ago, when Hamas took power in Gaza. Before the new President is sworn in, Israel is going to destroy or severely weaken Hamas and then help Fatah retake Gaza.