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Where did the reconciliation turn after Biden’s victory?
On the “reconciliation” between Fatah and Hamas, and “Al-Maqasa”, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar wrote in its issue today, it said: Unsurprisingly, the latest round of Palestinian reconciliation did not complete more than two months. Quickly, “Fatah” curtailed its communication with “Hamas,” pinning all its hopes on the administration of (US President-elect) Joe Biden, and even presented the latter with a series of “good faith” steps in advance.
The newspaper continued that, in contrast to the optimism spread by the “Fatah” and “Hamas” movements two months ago, the reconciliation between the two movements stumbled again, although this became evident after the announcement of Joe Biden’s victory. in the presidency of the United States. Informed sources reveal that the contacts have been cut off completely, following renewed hope by the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, that the negotiation process will resume and that the US administration will cease its previous pressure and the “agreement of the century”.
Al-Akhbar learned from “Hamas” sources that communications, which had gradually declined, eventually stopped, while “Fatah” does not mention reconciliation, as it now focuses on the steps the new US administration will take..
Sources hope that “Fatah” will continue to turn its back on reconciliation, postponing the holding of the second meeting of the general secretaries of the factions, and the same fate for the elections, especially since the secretary of the “Central Committee of Fatah” Gabriel Rajoub asked the leadership of “Hamas” to slow down the reconciliation until “the end of the obstacles that have been made. Delay it.” However, the latter exerted pressure on “Fatah”, through bilateral contacts and the media, to pressure him to speed up reconciliation, regardless of any influence, but this was not successful. Although the path of reconciliation was not linked to the US administration, Abu Mazen says that Biden’s victory will return things to what they were in the era of Barack Obama, the return of financial support to authority and the reopening of the headquarters. of the PLO in Washington, which will once again strengthen their situation..
A complete return of “coordination”
The Lebanese newspaper adds that the foregoing is consistent with what was reported by “Fatahi” sources who said that the president is preparing to return to coordination with the US administration, and to agree to receive tax funds “for the dispatch” of “Israelis” after you stopped receiving them for almost a year and a half, as long as you announce these steps. Shortly after, specifically after the official announcement of Biden’s victory. In this context, a source in the Ramallah government said that the Authority is about to receive “authorization” this month, following consultations that led to the return of these funds through a European mediator. The source, who preferred not to be named, indicated that “the” Israeli “party agreed not to deduct any amount from these funds under any conditions”, adding: “Any deduction will be agreed between the authority and the” Israeli “party under the supervision of the European mediator..
The same source revealed that this decision coincides with “the return of relations (security coordination)”, noting that “since the beginning of the crisis, there has been serious talk by the government that the crisis (cleaning and coordination) will end. in November because the Palestinian leadership was in Waiting for the results of the US elections … Biden’s victory is a source of great comfort to the authority, as if he were throwing a life preserver at him. Although Biden pledged last April to keep the embassy of the United States in its new location in occupied Jerusalem, declared that it “will remain committed to the two-state solution” and welcomed the normalization agreements between the UAE, Bahrain and the enemy..
Furthermore, the source said that the return of “security coordination” is one of the “goodwill gestures towards the new US administration,” adding: “Security coordination has never stopped. Rather, security coordination has never stopped. civilian side has stopped. ” Commenting on this, “Fatah” leader Abdullah Abdullah says that “there is more than one party working to resolve the cleanup crisis, including the United Nations coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Nikolay Mladenov. , and the Europeans on the other hand. ” Adhering to the return of the dispatch to be done without conditions, because this is the money of the Palestinian people.
Ramallah is reported to have hinted earlier this month that “the cleanup crisis is on the way to a solution … that will allow us to pay employee wages in full.” For months, “Israel” used to deduct 42 million shekels ($ 12 million) per month on the pretext that it was used for the salaries of martyrs and prisoners, noting that the “settlement” amounted to about 750 million shekels per month (200 million dollars), and constituted 70% of the revenue of the authority, which in turn covered 70% of the salary bill of 600 million shekels ($ 166 million). (Source: Al-Akhbar – Ragab Al-Madhoun, Reem Rashid)
