[Al Ahram] A senior member of Paleostinian movement Fatah described a Qatari call for new reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, in Cairo as "suspicious and unnecessary," Egypt's state-run news agency...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
MENA reported on Sunday. Hamas has reportedly welcomed the offer of talks.
Azzam Al-Ahmed, a member of Fatah's central committee who is in charge of reconciliation efforts at Fatah, said that the reconciliation process with Hamas is moving forward through a "specified timetable."
"Too much discussion about this issue is a waste of time; we are very optimistic about the reconciliation process as we are in constant contact with Egyptian officials," Al-Ahmed said.
The Fatah leader said he expected that talks with Hamas over a national government would take place at the same time as discussions over the updating of the voter registration list.
"We might just need 24 hours for government talks; President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
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said before that he would issue two decrees, one calling for elections and other on the formation of a new government," he said.
At their first meeting in almost a year, Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal agreed in January to revive a stalled reconciliation deal between the rival Paleostinian factions
On their visits to Cairo, Abbas and Meshaal both held separate talks with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
"Morsi promised to work towards lifting the Gazoo blockade and helping Paleostinians out of their financial crisis, lobbying donors and our Arab brothers," Al-Ahmed told AFP at the time of the meeting.
Yusef Rizq, political advisor to Hamas's Ismail Haniya, prime minister of Gazoo, said Abbas wanted the election committee to end its work creating a "consensus government" and move towards holding elections, so as to activate the 2011 Egyptian-brokered reconciliation deal.
The two Paleostinian leaders also agreed to allow Hamas a degree of representation in the Paleostine Liberation Organisation, which has historically been led by Fatah.