The Hamas-Fatah partnership that has been announced means that there is no way that a permanent peace can be agreed on with the Jewish state. Hamas is a religious-based organization and has an ideology that excludes being at peace with a Jewish state. Its war against Israel is a religious war. Its charter calls for the destruction of Israel. Its motto emphasizes jihad, and dying for Allah (in jihad). It practices its ideology with terrorism, and is designated by the U.S. State Department as a foreign terrorist organization.
According to Hamas' ideology, since the region was once conquered by Muslims, it remains an Islamic trust, and must always be ruled by Muslims. For Israel, the state of Israel is a Jewish state. These are incompatible.
The Hamas-Fatah partnership, if recognized by the international community as governing a state, makes it impossible to have a permanent peace with Israel, and sets up the conditions for permanent religious warfare against Israel. This is a step in the direction of irredentist war, and away from permanent or long-lasting peace.
