(Globe and Mail-Canada) Michael Bell - The reconciliation deal between Abbas and Hamas appears to suggest that Palestinian security co-operation with Israel may end and that Western nations may end their considerable assistance to Palestine. It could also jeopardize efforts to ensure broad recognition of Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly this fall. The writer, Senior Scholar on International Diplomacy at the University of Windsor, is a former Canadian ambassador to Egypt, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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