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If that turned out to be the case, he may also be bluffing about quitting the presidency. His real aims may be to repair badly damaged Palestinian unity and to bolster American support for his position in peace talks with Israel. But if it is no bluff, efforts to resolve the Middle East conflict will enter uncharted waters. The election will split the Palestinian movement and at the same time remove from the scene the man the West counts on as peace-maker with Israel. Abbas called the election last month in line with the constitution, while knowing it would probably be rejected by his Islamist rivals Hamas, who rule Gaza. Analysts saw a gamble, that Hamas would balk at formalizing the split and finally agree to a "reconciliation" pact. Last week, citing disillusionment with the faltering peace process and what he believes is Washington's failure to back legitimate Palestinian demands, Abbas announced he personally did not plan to seek re-election on January 24. Tuesday was supposed to see the start of a five-day process of registering an estimated 260,000 young Palestinians who have reached voting age since the last election in 2006. But none of 1,000 registration centres in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip was open to take names. The independent Palestinian Central Election Commission (CEC), which organized ballots in 1996, 2005 and 2006, had no comment on the delay. Along with an absence of political posters, billboards, or banners for the parliamentary and presidential race, a total lack of campaign excitement was another sign that the election date may be a political fiction. "These are all indications that the elections will not take place on the 24th," a Western diplomat said. Officials were already talking of alternative scenarios. "The CEC will tell the president in a week from now whether they can do it or not," said Nabil Abu Rdainah, a top aide to Abbas. If not, he said, Abbas would look into "other options." There was no indication what these might include, but one alternative is that Abbas stays on in power. VOTE WOULD FORMALISE SPLIT Abbas is disappointed that U.S. President Barack Obama is "favoring" Israel by dropping his insistence that it freeze all building of settlements on occupied West Bank territory before suspended peace talks are relaunched. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Surprising rebel attack kills 9 Colombian soldiers also on reuters Full Coverage: The Route to Recovery Commentary: The future of computing is in the clouds Video Video: Strong winds for China power IPO More World News Two Koreas in brief naval clash, vessels hit | Video Pakistani Taliban vow tough guerrilla war | Video Saudi warns Yemeni rebels to retreat from border Lethal Kalashnikov designer is now Russia's hero Britain offers land to help Cyprus talks, U.N. says More World News... 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