Factional Attempts to Absorb Cairo’s Wrath

Loop | With the continued Egyptian anger over the holding of the General Conference of General Secretaries of the Palestinian factions in Beirut and Ramallah, and the subsequent meetings of understanding between “Hamas” and “Fatah” in Istanbul (see the number of Friday, October 2) , the two movements decided to appease Egypt with messages confirming the continuation of the latter’s role. The Central Bank on the Palestinian issue, and declares its intention to complete reconciliation efforts in Cairo in the coming weeks. After deliberations between them, “Hamas” and “Fatah” agreed to avoid enraging Egypt “because of its political and geographical role”, which resulted in a series of steps to satisfy it, among which the announcement that the meeting to be held stands out. made within a few weeks of general secretaries will be in your capital.

The secretary of the “Fatah Central Committee”, Gabriel Rajoub, who led a delegation from his movement to Cairo recently, announced that the “Fatah” – “Hamas” dialogue took place at the Palestinian Consulate in Istanbul, which means by definition of Palestinian land, adding that the meetings took place. Without the patronage of any state or party … We will only be in the Arab axis, and in the vanguard of positions that have to do with Arab membership and consensus. Rajoub said that the invitation to a meeting of trustees in Cairo “will be under the auspices of President Mahmoud Abbas to announce a roadmap … The Egyptians told us that, in principle, they are ready to provide all the facilities for success. of the conference “. For its part, “Hamas” indicated that it always informs the Egyptians about the course of the dialogues, noting that they have shown their support for reconciliation and the organization of the Palestinian home, and that it has also made a series of contacts with various countries ” to put it in the image of the ongoing national movement. “

“Fatah” and “Hamas” to hold new consultative meetings to determine implementation dates

Al-Akhbar learned from Hamas sources that the movement is studying the problems the conference may face if it takes place in Cairo, especially since the head of the Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has not yet completed his work abroad, and he fears that the Egyptian authorities will prevent him from leaving his lands. Therefore, talks are underway with the Egyptians to obtain guarantees. However, Rajoub anticipated Hamas’s concerns by saying that “Cairo is ready to provide all the facilities.” Prior to the next meeting of secretaries, the two movements agreed to hold a “new consultative meeting” during the next week to discuss “preliminary issues for the internal roadmap, especially with regard to the presidential decree on elections, in addition to discussing the formation of a national coalition government that paves the way for the elections and ends the division, and an agreement on a date A meeting of the trustees was held after completing the consultations with the different factions, ”said the sources.
At the same time, “Fatah” ended its consultations with the Palestinian factions in the Syrian capital, Damascus, until the day before yesterday, and obtained the support of those factions for the understandings it reached with “Hamas” on the elections, while the latter announced that it had held extensive consultations with Palestinian forces to arrive at a “road map”. Meet the general secretaries and a complete settlement for the Palestinian case. These discussions included, according to the movement’s spokesman, Hazem Qassem, talking about “the PLO and its institutions, and activating popular resistance.” Confirming what was published by “Al-Akhbar” in last Monday’s edition, Rajoub revealed that the authority was exposed to temptations and pressure from regional parties, whom he did not name, to frustrate the elections with an American push, but said: “No everything that is known is said “. The authority faced Arab pressure from Egypt and Jordan, and behind them Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, to obstruct recent “Hamas” – “Fatah” understandings.

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