One year has passed since the Palestinian Authority and Hamas signed a breakthrough deal to establish a unity government over both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A year later and the effort at unity has hit rock bottom
"Nothing has changed on the ground. The reconciliation has stalled and we are heading for an even greater division," said Mukhaimer Abu Saada, a Gaza-based political scientist.
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The promised elections, which were to have taken place before the end of 2014, have not materialised and officials admit the ballot is unlikely to happen any time soon.
The extent of the dispute was highlighted on Monday when a group of eight ministers and around 30 senior officials hurriedly left Gaza after admitting the "failure" of their mission.
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During their brief visit to Gaza, the delegation members did not leave their hotel, with Hamas saying it was "by choice".
But Mahmud al-Zaq, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), said it was due to the "thuggish" and "terrorist" methods of Hamas.
The unity government is the only feasible path to strengthening Palestinian civil institutions for its people and without such a functioning government it gives Bibi the Bozo an opportunity to deflect from his own blame for not contributing to moving the peace process forward.