(Argentina Twitter)-Palestinian movements Fatah in power in the West Bank, and Hamas, which controls Gaza, confirmed on Tuesday in Cairo a reconciliation agreement that caused the anger of the Israeli authorities.
This agreement, reached after talks with Egyptian officials, opens the way for elections within a year. Representatives of 13 groups signed the text, among which are also movements such as Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian People's Party.
The agreement provides for the formation of an independent government to prepare for simultaneous presidential and legislative elections within a year and is a first step to end four years of political division between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Until then the status quo reign, both about the negotiations with Israel and in the control of Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank self-rule areas.
A meeting between Hamas leader in exile in Damascus, Khaled Meshaal, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, to take place on Tuesday night. In addition, Abbas and Meshaal had planned to participate in an official ceremony, along with the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Musa, the Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi and Egyptian intelligence chief, Gen. Murad Muafi.
This signature is after the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding on 27 April in Cairo by Azzam al-Ahmad, head of the subject in Fatah, and Musa Abu Marzouk, the second of the political bureau of Hamas, after more than a year and through discussion.
For the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "the agreement between Abu Mazen (Mahmud Abbas) and Hamas dealt a severe blow to the peace process.I call on Abu Mazen to completely abrogate the agreement with Hamas and to choose the path of peace," Netanyahu said during a meeting in Jerusalem with Tony Blair's special envoy for the Middle East Quartet (UN, U.S., European Union and Russia).
The Fatah hailed these statements by the Israeli leader of "unacceptable interference." Netanyahu "must respect the will of the Palestinian people and cease their unacceptable interference in internal Palestinian affairs said Azzam al-Ahmad in Cairo.
This agreement, reached after talks with Egyptian officials, opens the way for elections within a year. Representatives of 13 groups signed the text, among which are also movements such as Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian People's Party.
The agreement provides for the formation of an independent government to prepare for simultaneous presidential and legislative elections within a year and is a first step to end four years of political division between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Until then the status quo reign, both about the negotiations with Israel and in the control of Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank self-rule areas.
A meeting between Hamas leader in exile in Damascus, Khaled Meshaal, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, to take place on Tuesday night. In addition, Abbas and Meshaal had planned to participate in an official ceremony, along with the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Musa, the Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi and Egyptian intelligence chief, Gen. Murad Muafi.
This signature is after the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding on 27 April in Cairo by Azzam al-Ahmad, head of the subject in Fatah, and Musa Abu Marzouk, the second of the political bureau of Hamas, after more than a year and through discussion.
For the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "the agreement between Abu Mazen (Mahmud Abbas) and Hamas dealt a severe blow to the peace process.I call on Abu Mazen to completely abrogate the agreement with Hamas and to choose the path of peace," Netanyahu said during a meeting in Jerusalem with Tony Blair's special envoy for the Middle East Quartet (UN, U.S., European Union and Russia).
The Fatah hailed these statements by the Israeli leader of "unacceptable interference." Netanyahu "must respect the will of the Palestinian people and cease their unacceptable interference in internal Palestinian affairs said Azzam al-Ahmad in Cairo.
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