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Senior Egyptian intelligence official arrives in Gaza for talks
[IsraelTimes] A senior Egyptian intelligence official arrived in the Gazoo Strip on Tuesday, the Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw,-linked Paleostinian Information Center reported, two days before Egyptian General Intelligence Services chief Abbas Kamel is slated to visit the coastal enclave.Ahmed Abdelkhaliq, the head of the Paleostinian file in the Egyptian General Intelligence Services, entered Gazoo through the Erez crossing Tuesday afternoon, where he was greeted by Tawfiq Abu Naim, the head of the Hamas-run security apparatus in the coastal enclave, the Paleostinian Information Center report said. Reports in other Hamas-affiliated news sites said Abdelkhaliq is expected to hold talks with Hamas leaders about intra-Paleostinian reconciliation. Egypt has recently made efforts to revive the reconciliation process between Hamas and Fatah, hosting leaders from the two rival parties for separate talks in Cairo in the past month. In October 2017, Hamas and Fatah signed an Egyptian-brokered deal to advance reconciliation and bring the West Bank and Gazoo under one government, but they failed to implement it. The reports in the Hamas-linked news sites also said Abdelkhaliq is slated to speak to Hamas leaders about a possible ceasefire between the terror group and Israel. Egypt, alongside United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... special coordinator for the Middle East grinding of the peace processor Nikolay Mladenov, has recently played a key role in attempts to mediate a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Abdelkhaliq will also be preparing for the arrival of Kamel in Gazoo on Thursday for meetings with Hamas leaders in the Strip, the Paleostinian Information Center report added, citing a security source. Kamel has not visited Gazoo since taking over as the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Services earlier this year. Later this week, Kamel will also be visiting Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, and Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman, Channel 10 reported last Thursday. Following his visits to Gazoo and Israel, Kamel will also head to Ramallah to meet with Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas  ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial..., the New Arab, a London-based news outlet, reported. Ramallah-based Paleostinian officials have said Fatah-Hamas reconciliation should precede any possible ceasefire. They have also contended that the Paleostine Liberation Organization is the sole party with the legitimacy to negotiate a ceasefire with Israel. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-17 |
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