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| Fatah, Hamas reach understandings |
| 2011-11-19 |
| Palestinian official claims breakthrough achieved on reconciliation agreement; says 'sides agree that next government will be based in Gaza.' Hamas PM Haniyeh, Fatah PM Fayyad unlikely to seek reelection A Palestinian source said that preliminary meetings between Hamas and Fatah officials have led to mutual understandings between the sides, the Palestinian newspaper al-Ayyam reported on Saturday. According to the source, the understandings will be officially published after a meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal, scheduled to take place in Egypt next week. The two are slated to discuss the implementation of the inter-Palestinian reconciliation agreement, as well as the parliamentary and presidential elections. Meanwhile, Ahmed Youssef, the former political adviser of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, noted that the two sides have agreed that the next Palestinian government will be based in Gaza, adding that the next prime minister may also be a resident of the Strip. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 won't be needing that West Bank, then |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-11-19 16:05 |