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| Palestinian factions celebrate unity deal | |
| 2011-05-05 | |
| [Al Jazeera] Representatives of Paleostinian factions have met in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to mark a landmark reconciliation agreement signed a day earlier. Khaled Meshaal, the leader of the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, movement, and the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , the Paleostinian president and leader of Fatah, were attending Wednesday's ceremony, meeting face-to-face for the first time since 2006. Speaking at the ceremony, Abbas said Paleostinians had turned the "black page" of division between the two rivals. "We announce to Paleostinians that we turn forever the black page of division," he said. Taking the podium after Abbas, Meshaal said that his group's "only fight is with Israel" and that the four-year-old rift with Fatah was "behind us".
Representatives of the United Nations, ...an idea whose time has gone... the European Union and the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... were also present at the gathering at the headquarters of the Egyptian intelligence agency. The unity deal, which was signed on Tuesday, aims to end the feud between the ideologically divided factions in the Gazoo Strip and the occupied West Bank. It involves members of the Paleostinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Islamic Jihad, Popular Resistance Committee and Hamas. It will pave the way for presidential and legislative elections within a year. | |
| Posted by:Fred |