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| Mashal: Tables set for Palestinian reconciliation |
| 2010-01-14 |
| [Ma'an] Head of the Hamas politburo Khalid Mash'al told Al-Arabiyah TV conditions are ripe for Palestinian national unity. That's the reconciliation they were gonna sign off on any minute last October. Or was it September? All that remains necessary is "one bold step from some of the Arab countries to collect Fatah and Hamas officials and made them meet in addition to the other Palestinian parties," Mash'al said. Mash'al encouraged If Egypt to force a meeting between Hamas and Fatah, saying the outstanding issues could be "solved in hours," abd added that unity would help Palestinians defend themselves against Israel. "The circumstances are set and we are ready to solve all the problems; a Palestinian-Palestinian meeting will be the start," he said. Talks have been stalled between Hamas and Fatah since October, when controversy over the handing of the UN-mandated Goldstone report at the Human Rights Commission by the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority bungled the adoption of the report by the UN. An already hesitant Hamas took the opportunity to stall talks, and refused to sign an Egyptian unity document until changes were made and the PA fixed their Goldstone snafu. Egypt has yet to call sides to talk in Cairo, and has so far rejected the Hamas request to re-evaluate some articles of the unity document. |
| Posted by:Fred |