This includes Ahmed Korei (Abu Ala), Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Mr Dahlan himself.

ECONOMIST: The Middle East

Or so says a third old man, the speaker of parliament, Ahmed Korei.

ECONOMIST: Deadlock over Hamas, and Israel's assassination policy

These now include an Israeli-Palestinian one: an unsigned and unpublished document concluded by Shimon Peres, Israel's foreign minister, and Ahmed Korei (Abu Ala), the speaker of the Palestinian parliament.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians