Meeting fails to solve Palestinian unity plans
A meeting in Cairo between representatives of Hamas and Fatah did not bring a Palestinian national unity government any closer.
A meeting in Cairo between representatives of Hamas and Fatah did not bring a Palestinian national unity government any closer.
With skepticism rife over a Fatah-Hamas rapprochement and the Hamas demand to replace him, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the man credited with energizing the movement toward statehood and the man Western governments want holding the PA’s purse strings, discusses the pending issues with Friedson Friedson, President and CEO of The Media Line news agency, at his Ramallah office. Below is the first of two sessions between Prime Minister Fayyad and Ms. Friedson.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad signaled on Monday he is ready to step aside to help reconcile the two rival factions of the Palestinian national movement and pave the way for presidential and parliamentary elections.
The Palestinians will continue to negotiate peace with Israel despite a unity agreement with the terrorist Hamas organization, Mahmoud Abbas said.
Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah will renew unity talks. The talks will be held in Cairo next month, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah met to continue reconciliation talks.