Common logic demands that negotiations between two bitter rivals should be handled by a strong and influential mediator, one who controls the means to force the parties into reconciliation. In the case of the Fatah-Hamas rivalry, now almost two-and-a-half-years-old, Egypt is perceived as such a mediator. It holds the keys to the only outlet to the world of 1.5 million Gazans.
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