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| Fatah blames Hamas for failure of unity talks |
| 2010-11-15 |
| [Arab News] A senior Fatah official on Sunday blamed the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, movement for the failure of second round of national reconciliation dialogue which was held in the Syrian capital of Damascus last week. Jamal Mhaisen, a member of Fatah's Central Committee, said that "Hamas is not interested in accomplishing reconciliation" to end to end the power struggle between the two rival movements which followed the violent takeover of Gazoo Strip on June 2007. Mhaisen said that in the talks, Hamas sought to keep its "illegal" security services in Gazoo Strip and joining the Paleostinian Authority (PA) security services as part of the reconciliation deal. The Fatah official accused Hamas of stepping back from the understandings reached in the first round of talks in Damascus. Representatives of the two parties met in Damascus on Wednesday in yet another attempt to solve the crisis, but failed to reach agreement over the main sticking point: Security. In late September, the two movements reached a paper of "understandings" in a meeting held in Damascus related to the restructuring of Paleostine Liberation Organization (PLO) and general elections. The two movements confirmed that another round of talks will be held after Eid Al-Adha. Hamas officials earlier announced that they were looking to form a security committee which will be tasked with reforming the security forces of the PA. However, The infamous However... Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas earlier said that the issue of security can never be shared between Hamas and Fatah, and it must be independent and has one leadership. Hamas and Fatah have been engaged in a sour power struggle since the Islamic movement swept its secular rival Fatah in legislative elections in 2006. Last year, Egypt suspended its mediation role, and ties between Cairo and Hamas have deteriorated after Hamas rejected the Egyptian-drafted proposal, raising reservations involving security and elections. For its part, Hamas claimed that its rival Fatah attempted to block the reconciliation by keeping restrictions on the security services. It added that Fatah "suspended discussions on the security issue" and that is why the dialogue has been postponed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION HAMAS, DEUTCH WELLE > NEW ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN BORDER BARRIER HAS MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE. * ISRAEL as a country will be almost entirely fenced in. Which IMO would add to the desire of many Israelis for Israel to join NATO + EU + propos Mediterranean Union, etc. for security purposes. * Cut down on illegal or covert arms smuggling by HAMAS, etal. into both Egypt + Israel via Sinai. HAMAS = MUTUAL ENEMY both Egypt + Israel due to being founded in the Muslim Brotherhood. * Reduction on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, MILTERR INFILTRATION. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-15 02:03 |