Palestinian senior Fatah official Mohammed Dahlan attends the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) central council meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 15, 2009. The deeply divided Palestinians look set to agree this week to maintain a tense status quo after presidential and parliamentary mandates expire next month with no new elections in sight. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)