The international Quartet still conditions that any new Palestinian government is formed, it should recognize Israel and the signed interim agreement, and condemn violence.

"Even if we suppose that Hamas accepts forming such kind of a government, I don't think Israel would immediately reopen the crossings, resume the peace process and accept the two-state solution," said Adnan Assar, a Palestinian political analyst.

He added that "Israel is the one who wants to keep this internal rift between Gaza and the West Bank, because it doesn't want to solve the Palestinian cause. Israel also would create excuses, and would ask for more new conditions, mainly the ones related to rocket attacks and the captive soldier Gilad Shalit."

The Palestinian dialogue is one of three complicated issues in the Middle East, beside the release of Shalit and the resumption of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.

"The failure of the dialogue in the past rounds had made people in Gaza feel more pessimistic and not trust the conferees. They are living in a status of anxiety and anticipation and they are eager for reconciliation," said Assar.

(Xinhua News Agency April 26, 2009)