How Sad is this?

Just yesterday I was writing how great it was what had happened in Palestine, and how the elections had gone so smoothly...only to read today on Aljazeera, that there have been clashing between Hamas and Fateh people on the streets of Gaza, how sad is this.
Then I went on to read that Dahlan, a leader in Fateh, that he won't participate in any government that has Hamas in it, even thought Abbas announced that he is going to start to work straight away on creating this government. The Dahlan announcement came after Hamas stated that it wanted to create a government that was a coalition with other political forces in the Palestinian scene.
The article then went on to say that Hamas has made its first statement regarding Israel, stating that it was willing to extend the Hudna if Israel was willing to respect the Palestinian decision to grant Hamas 76 seats versus the 43 of Fateh.
I think that this is truly a very interesting development in the political situation in Palestine, where the party that had traditionally been closed and unwilling to negotiate or to compromise, is now willing not only to do that with other Palestinian forces, but also to talk to Israel. I for one find this quite interesting, what does this mean when it comes to what Hamas wants? Is Hamas following in the footsteps of Hizbullah? Hizbullah has been in the political game in Lebanon for quite a while, and had at some point after Harir was killed, made a alliance with forces such as the Lebanese Forces, which they traditionally been enemies. I guess if one looks at what is happening in Lebanon now, and the falling apart of these alliances, one would be skeptical of the motives behind Hamas's willing now. But I think that to really test what Hamas wants, and to see how it will run the country, one has to give them a chance.
The way that some leaders within Fateh are dealing with this new situation, shows a really political immaturity, an inability to deal with the fact that the Palestinian people are not happy with how the country has been run so far. Maybe more to the point is the fact that these leaders are worried that Hamas will now have a chance to look at the books, to see the level of corruption and maybe force a change. I think that is why the majority-or lets say a high percentage of Palestinians not only in Gaza but in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem have voted for them. It is time for a change, a time for things to be shaken and a new leadership to take the helm, a chance for the people of the Arab world to see what would happen if one of these Islamist movements took power. We saw what happened in Iran, but for the majority of Arab states-where the Sunni make the biggest numbers-Iran is not a great example, and in Algeria the Islamists were not given a chance. I hope the same thing does not happen in Palestine...fingers crossed...and lets see what happens!