Abbas is the most shrewd leader the Palestinian's have seen. He delays the obvious move of dissolving the government and forcing an early election knowing that the electorate is not yet in his hands. I believe his path is the only current path towards peace. Hamas will have to deal with thim eventually. It seems unlikely Hamas will sweep the next election assume it is delayed sufficiently to prevent a Hamas sweep.
washingtonpost.com
The deal, as outlined by Hamas and Fatah officials, would have implicitly endorsed a future Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The agreement accepted the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative that calls for the recognition of the Jewish state once Israel leaves all territory it occupied in the 1967 Middle East War. Abbas also pushed Hamas to accept the 1993 mutual-recognition letters between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. In those letters, the PLO recognized Israel and renounced violence while Israel recognized the PLO, until then classified as a terrorist organization.
Accepting those terms would have marked a significant shift in direction for Hamas, whose founding charter calls for the creation of an Islamic state across territory that now includes Israel. But the agreement has unraveled in recent days.
Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders have said that, while the unity government could accept some previous agreements with Israel, Hamas as a movement would never recognize Israel's right to exist. Abbas has accused Hamas of reneging on the agreement, saying the talks to form a unity government are "back to square one."
The United States, the European Union and other international donors have demanded that Hamas renounce violence, recognize the Jewish state and accept signed agreements with Israel in return for a renewal of aid, which accounts for nearly half the authority's $2 billion annual budget.
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