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Ramallah – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Hamas movement continue the reconciliation work, which the Palestinians did not see any appearance on the ground, which made it more of a joke, after the last Hamas message, which Abbas celebrated, in a replay of previous calls for reconciliation between the two parties.
The Palestinian president announced on Saturday that he welcomed the content of a letter he received from the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, on “ending the division and holding elections.”
The Palestinian presidency said on Saturday that Abbas received a written letter from Haniyeh, which was delivered to him by the secretary of the Fatah Central Committee, Jibril Rajoub.
The official Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said the message was “about ending division, building partnerships and achieving national unity through democratic elections with full proportional representation, legislative and presidential elections and a national council, respectively, and interdependence. “
Abbas wants reconciliation to facilitate his opening up to Hamas allies, primarily Turkey and Qatar, and to gain “support” in exchange for this reconciliation after his relations with the Gulf states, which are historically known for their generous support of the Palestinian Authority, have tensed. On the other hand, Hamas wants to “legitimize” the Palestinian division state it benefits from to build its influence in Gaza, on the one hand, and turn it into a card to gain Israeli recognition of it as a weighty negotiator, especially with state of powerlessness in the Palestinian Authority.
The Palestinian presidential statement indicated that Abbas welcomed what was said in Hamas’ message “regarding ending division, building partnerships and achieving national unity through democratic elections with full proportional representation, elections legislative and presidential and a national council, respectively, and interdependence. ” According to the statement, the Palestinian president decided to invite the head of the Central Election Committee, Hanna Nasir, to meet with him, to discuss the procedures to follow to issue electoral decrees, in accordance with the law.
Abbas extended his thanks to Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, Russia and Jordan, who “contributed, with their good efforts, to build bridges of views.”
Officials expected Fatah to issue a decree calling for general elections in a few days, provided that the first elections for the Legislative Council (Parliament) were held after six months and then the presidential elections.
Hamas West Bank leader Nader Sawafta said in a statement that the movement agreed to hold legislative, presidential and National Council elections, respectively.
Sawafta explained that the step comes “to achieve Palestinian reconciliation and neutralize all obstacles that stood in the way of its completion during the last period.”
The Palestinian Authority tried to go against the current, but found itself at a dead end, seeking refuge in Turkey and Qatar.
The leader of the movement stressed that “ending the division, strengthening the home front, rebuilding institutions and adopting a unified strategy with the participation of all Palestinians has become a very urgent matter, and we hope this will happen soon.”
Palestinian circles said that convening Palestinian elections at this time has no value on the ground, in the absence of comprehensive national reconciliation that ends the state of division and creates an atmosphere of national dialogue between the various components.
These circles indicated that holding elections today would signify the consolidation of the divide, as Hamas, with the blessing of its allies, will work to show its strength by conquering the Gaza Strip and expanding into the West Bank, in the absence of a political equivalent. national that can compete with it, due to the divisions of the Fatah movement and the refusal of President Abbas to manage a Fatah internal dialogue that includes the symbols of the reform movement, which allows the movement to recover its various tributaries and elements of its strength.
Observers believe that the results of the legislative and presidential elections are not a Palestinian issue, and that their preparation must take into account the objective of the elections and whether they are capable of breaking the marginalized state that the Palestinian Authority is living through. Arab and international level or will further deepen the crisis, noting that the Palestinian Authority has not yet understood that the Personal or factional mood no longer has any consideration, and that the Palestinians need national unity to face external challenges.
The dispersed Palestinian Authority cannot assert itself as a leading party in the new peace movement in the region, or obtain a political settlement through negotiations that fail efforts to annex Jerusalem or consecrate settlements. The authority will need national unity to gain Arab support and external recognition as a partner in peace, especially in light of the rapid shifts in the regional balance of power and the change in political mood in the United States and the West. generally to the Palestinian archive.
Observers noted that the Palestinian Authority tried to go against the grain, but found itself at a dead end, seeking refuge in Turkey and Qatar, and seeking reconciliation under their auspices, enraging the states that support the authority. at the Arab and international level.
On Friday, Haniyeh revealed in a statement the existence of “new efforts to resume the national dialogue in order to achieve national reconciliation.”
Haniyeh said in the statement, “There are new efforts to resume national dialogue in order to achieve reconciliation to achieve national unity,” without further details.
On November 16 and 17, the Hamas and Fatah movements met in Cairo; Discuss efforts to achieve internal reconciliation and end the division. Before that, the two movements held a meeting in Istanbul in September, during which they agreed on a “vision, which will be presented for a comprehensive national dialogue, with the participation of Palestinian forces and factions.”
However, the efforts subsequently stalled and the two movements exchanged accusations about who was responsible for obstructing the reconciliation efforts.
