Fatah, Hamas Agree to End Internal Palestinian Division

Date: 07 July 2020 - 22:16

News ID: ۸۰۳۴۷

GAZA STRIP (Dispatches) – The two Palestinian rival groups, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party and Islamic resistance movement Hamas, have agreed to resume meetings to end the internal division.
Ahmad Helles, a member of Fatah’s Central Committee, and Husam Badran, a member of Hamas politburo, made this announcement in a joint interview aired on the state-run Palestine television.
"The resumption of meetings between Fatah and Hamas has given our people a new hope for ending the internal division that has been going on for 13 years, so as to face the current political and economic challenges,” said Helles.
Last week, Jibril al-Rajoub, a member of Fatah’s Central Committee, and Saleh Arouri, deputy chief of Hamas politburo, began an online dialogue aired on Palestine television.
"The internal Palestinian division can never be considered the real permanent image of the Palestinian people. The real image is the unity to face all dangers that surround the Palestinian cause,” said Helles.
During the joint online interview, Badran revealed that the two factions are maintaining daily contact and seeking to work jointly in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and abroad to confront the Zionist regime’s annexation plan.
He said Hamas is ready to reach a national agreement, including the types of struggle and resistance against the occupying regime’s annexation plan.
Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has said it could begin the annexation process in July, including annexing illegal settlements in the West Bank as well as the strategic Jordan Valley.
It is still unclear whether the regime intends to follow through with plans to impose its own law on disputed territories in the West Bank and to what extent.