Gaza: Hamas, the ruling authority in the Gaza Strip, agreed yesterday to intensify discussions with the Fatah movement in an effort to promote reconciliation between the two Palestinian groups.
Following a meeting with a visiting senior Fatah delegation in Gaza City, Hamas and Fatah leaders announced that they will work jointly to prepare a reconciliation deal that will end their seven- year political division.
Nabil Shaath, a member of Fatah’s central committee, told reporters after the meeting that ending the split by forming a unity government and holding fair elections is a necessity for many Palestinians.
He also urged Palestinians to make national unity a reality on the ground, reported Xinhua news agency. Fatah and Hamas have reached two reconciliation agreements in 2011 and 2012. But both deals have been unimplemented so far due to differences over security and restructuring the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Liberation Organization.
QNA
