(Reuters) Nidal al-Mughrabi - PA Chairman Abbas is likely to seek a deal, rather than confrontation, with militant groups, political analysts say. Abbas has neither the intention nor the ability to disarm Hamas, said Israeli analyst Ehud Yaari. Palestinian political analyst Talal Awkal said that with Hamas running for the first time in a parliamentary election, scheduled for January, it was unlikely to seek a violent face-off with the PA. Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Youssef, who has wide security powers, renewed an invitation to gunmen to join the security forces after the Israeli pullout, promising to "put them in the positions they deserve."
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