Fatah has rejected Hamas’ proposal to form a united leadership to administrate Palestinian affairs until the PLO is restructured, a senior Fatah official said Friday.
Hamas called an all-factions meeting on Wednesday to present proposals for a new unity effort. Officials said the meeting would strengthen the political scene in Gaza.
Fatah Central Committee member Jamal Muhassen told Ma’an that Fatah insisted Hamas must sign the Egyptian-mediated reconciliation agreement.
Muhassen said Hamas had been more demanding since the Egyptian uprising which overthrew President Hosni Mubarak.
Hamas did not want to reconcile with Fatah, and rejected Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s proposal which offered to include Hamas officials in the PA government, Muhassen said.
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine official Muhammad Khalaf said Hamas presented “nothing new” in the meeting, a view shared by Islamic Jihad leader Sheikh Nafeth Azzam.
Azzam told Ma’an the key point of the proposal was to discuss a national unity government that would handle the reconstruction of Gaza and prepare for elections.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader Kayed Al-Ghoul agreed that Hamas did not propose anything that had not been discussed before.
Regarding Fayyad’s initiative, Al-Ghoul said Hamas’ principles were incompatible with the Ramallah premier, and the Islamist movement would never accept his proposals.
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