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(IsraelNN.com) Senior Fatah terrorists said Monday that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas could decide to create another unity PA with Hamas.  Abbas does not want to join forces with Hamas, they said, but is forced to do so due to his political weakness.

The Fatah leaders blamed Israel for the situation, accusing Israel of weakening Abbas.  While Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has released hundreds of terrorist prisoners, pardoned hundreds more, and agreed to allow thousands of foreign Arabs into Judea and Samaria under a “family reunification” program in order to strengthen Abbas, sources in Fatah said the “gestures” were insufficient.  They called on Israel to stop requisitioning land around Jerusalem for state use and to halt IDF anti-terrorist operations in Judea and Samaria.