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At the end of the recent battles between Hamas and Fatah I started to think that this falling out might actually have been the best thing that could happen in regards to advancing a settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians but didn't want to voice a mere speculation. However it seems that it may actually be the case. Having stared into the abyss, seen what may actually happen to them if things don't start to get fixed and fixed soon there is now an overture of sorts from the new Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad:

Article from CNN.com.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- The new Palestinian government is seeking "intensive and active cooperation" with Israel to ensure that the chaos that recently gripped Gaza does not re-emerge in the West Bank, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CNN on Thursday..........Fayyad said security is a top priority, and he cautioned Palestinians not to use armed resistance as the only way to fight for an independent state.

"It's about time that we know what works and what doesn't work," he said. "And it's not enough to stop at statements and pronouncements like, 'Resistance is [the] right of any occupied people.......Simple, basic question: Are we better off now than we were then? Then, the situation was not great, but guess what it is like today? It's catastrophic.....This is complete chaos," he said. "Anyone resisting, however which way they want, whenever they want, from wherever they want, is that resistance? That has destroyed our national project completely."

Fayyad hopes to get the process toward "an independent Palestinian state living side by side with the state of Israel" back on track through peaceful means.

Here's hoping that at least the Palestinians on the West Bank will adopt a more conciliatory/pragmatic and realistic approach towards a peace agreement and that some deal can finally be reached at least as regards that area. Gaza would be a seperate issue. How to deal with them is beyond me and I've a feeling pretty much beyond everybody else.