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The leaders of Hamas and Fatah, the two main Palestinian political parties, sat down to talk in Turkey.
After the talks, the two sides said that general elections would be held in Palestine in the next six months. President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah Movement controls the West Bank. And Hamas controls Gaza. For the past decade, these two groups have been fighting each other. They finally agreed to a general election.
Hamas and Fatah have felt the urgency to resolve their differences since the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain began diplomatic relations with Israel. Because the leaders of Hamas and Fatah now see the need to paint a picture of a united Palestinian state against Israel. So they have joined.
Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP: “This time the two groups have reached a real agreement. The country has suffered from the differences between the two groups. So this time the two sides have resolved the dispute. together.
“There is consensus,” Fatah leader Jibril al-Rajoub told Reuters. This time the election day will be announced.
In 2008, there was a fierce confrontation between the two groups. So, Fatah took control of the West Bank and Hamas Gaza. Previously, attempts were made to resolve the dispute between the two groups. But it was not successful. In 2012, the two groups also agreed to resolve the dispute. But that agreement didn’t last long.
Israel and several Western countries have declared Hamas a militant group. Hamas won an unexpected victory in the 2008 elections. They then expelled Fatah from Gaza. But Fatah retained control of the West Bank. No elections have been held in the last two years. Deutsche Welle
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