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2017-01-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Trolling Obama: Russia to reportedly host Fatah-Hamas reconciliation talks
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[IsraelTimes] Rival Paleostinian factions will meet in Moscow on January 15, same day as planned Gay Paree peace confab, TASS news agency says.
Russia will host reconciliation talks in Moscow on January 15 between Fatah and Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, in an attempt to patch up the nearly decade-long rift between the rival Paleostinian factions, according to Russia’s semi-official TASS news agency.
| Not that it will work, since Hamas will settle for nothing less than replacing Fatah as ruler of the both Palestinian territories, to which Fatah understandably objects. On the other hand, Fatah's ultimate goal is to return to the pre-2006 status, where it ruled both territories with an iron fist... But neither is likely to turn down the invitation, even if it means they must divert resources from the Paris thingy President Obama is so looking forward to. |
The timing of the talks would be conspicuous, as they would be taking place on the same day as a planned Mideast peace conference in Gay Paree.
The fissure between Fatah and Hamas began after Hamas surprisingly won a plurality in the 2006 Paleostinian legislative elections. The two parties fell out when they were unable to reach a power-sharing agreement due in large part to Hamas’s refusal to renounce violence against Israel, with which Fatah was engaged in peace talks. The split came to a head with Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gazoo Strip from the Paleostinian Authority in 2007.
There have been numerous attempts to broker a truce between the two sides since their fallout, including an announcement of a unity government in 2014.
| And a proper hudna it was, too, until Hamas's multi-pronged attack against Israel and the PA they had set for the next autumn was sprung early by a couple of bored operatives who couldn't pass up the opportunity for a juicy triple kidnap-murder. |
However,
it's easy to be generous with someone else's money...
subsequent discussions on the establishment of such a government did not bear fruit and the two sides remain divided between their separate fiefdoms.
Russia has previously expressed its desire for intra-Paleostinian reconciliation. Speaking in June 2016 at a Gay Paree meeting on how to revive Israel-Paleostinian peace talks, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov described "the split among Paleostinians" as "another negative factor hampering the grinding of the peace processor," according to TASS.
"This issue should be resolved as the priority task so that the Paleostinians present a single and united delegation at the talks on the final [peace] status," he said at the time.
Bogdanov has also previously said that Russia does not consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization, in contrast to the Israeli and US position on the terror group.
It is not clear what if any impact the reported reconciliation talks will have on the planned Gay Paree peace summit.
While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is open to resuming peace talks, he has previously refused to negotiate with the Paleostinians if Hamas is included in the discussions.
Israel blamed the 2014 Fatah-Hamas unity pact as having led to the collapse of the last round of peace talks, saying at the time that it would not negotiate with a terror group committed to its destruction.
The Paleostinians view the Gay Paree peace conference as an opportunity to set a framework for future negotiations with Israel and build on the recent United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
Security Council resolution and US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, unsuccessful presidential candidate, and utterly failed Secretary of State...
’s speech condemning Israeli settlement construction as a major obstacle to peace.
Israel has refused to attend the January 15 gathering, with officials insisting that only bilateral negotiations will lead to a peace arrangement. The Paleostinians support the French initiative, which will see representatives of some two dozen countries convening in a bid to jump-start peace efforts. 
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