Steven Erlanger in today's New York Times:
Reality Overtakes the Illusion of Unity in Gaza
JERUSALEM, May 15 — A third day of deadly clashes between Hamas and Fatah fighters suggests that the Palestinian unity government, put together under Saudi auspices at the end of March, is something of a fiction.
Frame it: "Something of a fiction."
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal prays in front of the black stone inside the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, early February 9, 2007. Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government, hoping to end bloodshed between their followers and to win back Western aid halted because of the hostility of Hamas to Israel. al-REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (SAUDI ARABIA)
See also Haaretz: $900 million to PA in 2006 (up from $349 million in '05) despite international boycott
and the UN News Centre: UN Agency finds living conditions for Palestinians keep deteriorating
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