In a press statement to Al-Quds Al-Arabi on Friday, the deputy head of Hamas's political bureau, Mousa Abu Marzouk, said that Hamas has a real problem reconciling with Fatah because of its involvement in agreements with America and Israel.He added that there is ongoing security coordination between Fatah and Israel and that more than 300 meetings have been held so far between the security forces of the two sides.
He claimed that Israel has threatened not to allow the rebuilding of Palestinian security forces or to allow any Hamas participation in them, and there were remarks made by Abbas and Fatah officials that there would be no security partnership with Hamas.
On the other hand, the Hamas official expected that the next reconciliation meeting between Hamas and Fatah could be before the end of this month in Damascus.
For his part, senior Islamic Jihad official Mohamed Al-Hindi said that the inter-Palestinian reconciliation would be closer when everyone agreed that the political negotiations with Israel had reached a deadlock.
In a press statement posted on a Turkish website, Hindi added that Israel has right-wing tendencies and all the wagers that were made on a political settlement with Israel went awry.
"We have to admit that the political settlement has reached an impasse, and this means that we should return to the building of the internal Palestinian home," the Islamic Jihad official bleated.