(Carl) The 'Palestinian Authority' has told Qatar to butt out of its 'unity talks' with Hamas.Less than a week after Qatar promised the 'Palestinian Authority' $1 billion to stop the 'Judaizing' of Jerusalem, the 'Palestinian Authority' has told Qatar to butt out of its 'unity talks' with Hamas.
A senior member of Palestinian movement Fatah described a Qatari call for new reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo as “suspicious and unnecessary,” Egypt's state-run news agency MENA reported on Sunday. Hamas has reportedly welcomed the offer of talks.
Azzam Al-Ahmed, a member of Fatah's central committee who is in charge of reconciliation efforts at Fatah, said that the reconciliation process with Hamas is moving forward through a "specified timetable."
"Too much discussion about this issue is a waste of time; we are very optimistic about the reconciliation process as we are in constant contact with Egyptian officials," Al-Ahmed said.
The Fatah leader said he expected that talks with Hamas over a national government would take place at the same time as discussions over the updating of the voter registration list.
"We might just need 24 hours for government talks; President Mahmoud Abbas said before that he would issue two decrees, one calling for elections and other on the formation of a new government," he said.
At their first meeting in almost a year, Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal agreed in January to revive a stalled reconciliation deal between the rival Palestinian factions. This happened less than a week after Qatar promised the 'Palestinian Authority' $1 billion to stop the 'Judaizing' of Jerusalem,
We'll take your billion dollars but don't tell us how to run our reichlet
(Carl) The 'Palestinian Authority' has told Qatar to butt out of its 'unity talks' with Hamas.Less than a week after Qatar promised the 'Palestinian Authority' $1 billion to stop the 'Judaizing' of Jerusalem, the 'Palestinian Authority' has told Qatar to butt out of its 'unity talks' with Hamas.
A senior member of Palestinian movement Fatah described a Qatari call for new reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo as “suspicious and unnecessary,” Egypt's state-run news agency MENA reported on Sunday. Hamas has reportedly welcomed the offer of talks.
Azzam Al-Ahmed, a member of Fatah's central committee who is in charge of reconciliation efforts at Fatah, said that the reconciliation process with Hamas is moving forward through a "specified timetable."
"Too much discussion about this issue is a waste of time; we are very optimistic about the reconciliation process as we are in constant contact with Egyptian officials," Al-Ahmed said.
The Fatah leader said he expected that talks with Hamas over a national government would take place at the same time as discussions over the updating of the voter registration list.
"We might just need 24 hours for government talks; President Mahmoud Abbas said before that he would issue two decrees, one calling for elections and other on the formation of a new government," he said.
At their first meeting in almost a year, Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal agreed in January to revive a stalled reconciliation deal between the rival Palestinian factions. This happened less than a week after Qatar promised the 'Palestinian Authority' $1 billion to stop the 'Judaizing' of Jerusalem,