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| Hamas delegation in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials |
| 2017-07-03 |
| [AlAhram] A Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, delegation arrived in Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egyptian officials on security issues and Cairo’s assistance to the Israeli-besieged Gazoo Strip. The delegation includes representatives from the interior, health, economic and finance ministries, according to Hamas’s statement, as reported by al-Ahram Arabic website. "The delegation will discuss security talks on the borders, the Rafah border crossing, electricity and fuel issues," the statement read. Hamas representatives visited Egypt for talks with officials last month. Relations between Egypt and the Paleostinian Islamist group with rules the Gazoo Strip were strained in the wake of the ouster of then-president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. Cairo had accused Hamas of backing Egypt's banned Moslem Brüderbund organization and of smuggling goods and arms through tunnels under the Gazoo-Sinai border. In early 2017, Paleostinian Hamas leader Mahmoud El-Zahar said that the movement's relations with Cairo have improved, evidenced by the reaching of an agreement on border control between the Gazoo Strip and Egypt. In its new manifesto, released in February, Hamas, which was founded in 1989, rebranded itself as an Islamic national liberation movement, rather than a branch of the pan-Arab Moslem Brüderbund, which has been outlawed in Egypt. In late June, Egypt trucked 1 million litres of cheap diesel fuel to the Gazoo Strip's sole power plant to temporarily eased a crippling electricity crisis in the enclave, according to the AP, which quoted Hamas officials. The Hamas delegation arrived in Egypt on Sunday via the Rafah border crossing, which was opened specifically for them. Egypt has kept its border with the Gazoo Strip largely closed since Morsi’s ouster. |
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