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HAMS - FATEH TENSION
Hamas got majority in 2006 elections and formed the geovernment in Palestine. However, given the radicalist nature of Hamas, it could not retain the power due to international pressure and internal conflict with Fateh, the moderate party headed by Mehmood Abbas.

Exploiting the Hamas-Fatah split, Israel has unleashed its armed fury on the Gaza Strip from time to time, the last such attack in 2008-09 killing nearly 1,500 Palestinians, 70 per cent of them civilians.


HAMAS - FATEH ACCORD April 2011
Amidst the Arab spring, Hamas and Fateh came togather with the help of Egypt and signed an accord on April 27, 2011.

According to the deal, they have decided to hold elections to be conducted by a government comprising independents, and unite the West Bank and Gaza under one administration.

BEHIND THE ACCORD
The Palestinian people as well as Arabs have long been demanding for unity between both of the parties as the split had weakened the Palestinian struggle. To get a status of an sovereign state in upcoming UN session, it was imperative that both parties show a resemblence of unity.

Moreover, Hamas has almost lost its supporter Bashar al Asad in Syria while Fateh also suffered with the oust of Husni Mubarak. Both these factors urged the parties to come together.

The existence of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and the Fatah-controlled West Bank as two independent cantons has done tremendous harm to the Palestinian people`s struggle for achieving sovereignty on their soil. The split between the post-Arafat Fatah and Islamist Hamas followed the latter`s victory in the January 2006 parliamentary election. However, the elected government was never allowed to function.


INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
The step was long overdue and welcomed in the Arab world however USA and Israel condemend the accord. israel said that "Fateh can have peace either with Israel or with Hamas". Israel confiscated the revenue share of $50 million which was to be given to Fateh.

when the Arab League, Iran and Russia decided to go to the PA`s help, western banks refused under pressure to undertake transactions.