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Palestinian Fatah Movement Ill-Prepared for Election Showdown with Hamas
(AP-Washington Post) Some say Fatah's star dimmed after two decades of corruption-tainted rule in the Palestinian autonomy zones and the failure of negotiations with Israel. In Hebron in the West Bank, district party leader Kifah Iwaiwi said he spent much of the past four years apologizing for the past misbehavior of Fatah members. A political takeover of the West Bank as well by an unreformed, globally shunned Hamas would isolate the Palestinians, crushing any hopes for peace and a negotiated path to Palestinian independence. It could also mean the end to hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid from the West, which regards Hamas as a terror group.