| In Ramallah, a senior Hamas official said yesterday his group was ready for talks with Fatah but without any preconditions. Yahya Mousa, the deputy head of the Hamas parliamentary bloc, said Hamas was ready for immediate talks with Fatah on any peace initiative, including the Makkah agreement. Mousa’s remarks came in response to a reconciliation initiative by Monib Al-Masri, head of Palestine forum and a prominent businessman, that aims to end rivalry between the two groups. He said that any reconciliation initiative “should build on what was achieved during previous deals between Hamas and Fatah.” The Hamas official warned that any initiative that “does not recognize the results of the elections and political changes, will not succeed.” |