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The poll decree has provoked bitter exchanges between Hamas and Fatah and re-entrenched divisions between the groups. It has also further damaged Egyptian-mediated efforts at
pearl jewelry formal reconciliation, which would have seen elections held in June 2010. In the wake of the furore greeting Abbas' decision, Jane's has obtained exclusive access to a confidential Palestinian intelligence report detailing Hamas' options for disrupting the elections.
The report states that
biwa pearl Hamas was caught off guard by Abbas' announcement, which has ¨ªcomplicated the group's desire to end the ¨ªeconomic blockade of Gaza imposed in 2007 as opposing or boycotting the elections will prolong the siege. The report says Hamas is under popular pressure to reconcile with Fatah, adding that the group has been blamed by many Palestinians for
akoya pearl damaging unity hopes by refusing to sign the Egyptian-mediated reconciliation agreement.