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| Haniyeh: Unity talks should start where they left off |
| 2010-02-16 |
| [Ma'an] Ismail Haniyeh, the de facto government prime minister, said on Monday that national reconciliation talks "starts and continues from where we reached, and not from where we were." "We back national unity and our position concerning reconciliation is fixed and will not change, he added, speaking at the High Court building in Gaza City. "Reconciliation does not mean a return to zero, but to build on what has been accomplished." Haniyeh's remarks came after a member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council in Gaza, Abdullah Abu Samahdaneh, urged Hamas to sign an Egyptian-backed document which he said is the means to discuss modifications to the proposal. Both statements from leaders of the main two rival parties followed a meeting of 13 Palestinian factions in Gaza a day earlier, in which both Fatah and Hamas participated. Afterward, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader Rabah Muhana commented that "an atmosphere of placing national interest ahead of factional interest prevailed. All factions agreed on the urgent need to end division in order to confront the occupation." |
| Posted by:Fred |