| But why in Gaza City, when their strength is in the West Bank? |
| So that Hamas can keep an eye on them. |
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Palestinian factions will meet in Gaza City on Tuesday to discuss ways to ensure that all parties participate in the reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo earlier this month.
The factions, operating under the umbrella of the Palestine Liberation Organization, will meet at the office of the Arab Liberation Front, said politburo member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Salih Nasser.
Eight PLO factions said Saturday that they would not nominate candidates for the government of technocrats being formed under the unity deal. The factions said in a statement that they had been left out of the unity process and would not lend it legitimacy by nominal participation.
Nasser said the announcement prompted the meeting, and parties would discuss ways in which the smaller factions of the PLO could be guaranteed adequate participation in the unity process. The meeting would address mechanisms to push forward unity, principally the formation of a technocrat government.
| That leaves out the members of the smaller factions. They'll have been developing their competencies in gun sex and menacing, not statistics, finance, and civil engineering. |
Meanwhile, Palestinian officials have been in Cairo for more than a week. An announcement on the shape of the government was expected on Saturday.
"Round."
"No, you idiot, it's an oblate spheroid."
"I curse your mustache and shoot your feet."
bang-bang-bangety-bang
"Mohammed Ali, send for the ambulance and another round of crudites. This discussion is going to take longer than planned. Next time let's have the meeting in the middle of the Sinai desert."
"Yes, effendi. I'll make your next coffee mostly whiskey." |
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