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(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,