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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Chloe Rouveyrolles-Bazire and Louis Baudoin-Laarman

Beijing Deal For Post-war Gaza Leaves Analysts Sceptical

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stands between senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzuk (R) and Fatah envoy Mahmud al-Aloul at the signing ceremony in Beijing (Credit: AFP)

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement has agreed with Hamas to form a "national unity government" in post-war Gaza, but analysts are sceptical about the significance of the Beijing-brokered deal.

The agreement, signed by more than a dozen Palestinian factions on Tuesday, aims to find common ground for future Palestinian political institutions, which are currently divided between the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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