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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
'Hamas, Fatah agree on unity gov't'
2011-04-28
[Iran Press TV] Paleostinian Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Fatah factions have reportedly reached an understanding on forming a transitional Paleostinian unity government and holding future elections.

Delegations representing the two factions came to the understanding on Wednesday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, where they had just resumed unity talks, the Egyptian Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.

The 'complete understanding' came "after talks on all the points, including the formation of a transitional government with a specific mandate and setting a date for elections," it said.

The development is expected to be followed by signing of a reconciliation agreement between all Paleostinian factions in Egypt.

Hamas and Fatah have been at odds since Hamas won the Paleostinian parliamentary elections in January 2006.

The dispute marginalized the faction's governance to the Gazoo Strip -- a comparably smaller portion of Paleostinian territories.

The Israeli regime also reacted to the victory by laying a crippling siege on Gazoo and maintaining regular deadly attacks on the impoverished strip.

Fatah, however, set up headquarters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank with Hamas arguing that the faction works in cahoots with Tel Aviv.

Last year, Hamas complained about an arrest campaign against its members led by the so-called security forces functioning under Fatah's leader, the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
, declaring that its rival faction works "in close coordination with those of the Israeli occupiers" in the West Bank.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Peace in our lunchtime...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-04-28 22:50  

#5  OS wins the thread! :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-04-28 20:30  

#4  Fatah + Hamas = Fatass?
Posted by: OldSpook   2011-04-28 20:13  

#3  Speaking of odds - I give it a month.

That's a month that EUropeans---especially the one in your White House---will be happy.
Posted by: gr(o)mgoru   2011-04-28 02:56  

#2  Compare wid PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > JIHADIST KILLERS CHALLENGE HAMAS IN GAZA.

THREE ea. Al-Qaeda affiliates versus Hamas + PA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-04-28 01:13  

#1  Hamas and Fatah have been at odds since Hamas won the Paleostinian parliamentary elections in January 2006.

Speaking of odds - I give it a month.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-04-28 01:00  

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