Fatah and Hamas agree to historic Palestinian reconciliation deal

4/27/11

[Nachum]

Rival groups will form interim government and then move toward setting a date for a general election, four years after their government collapsed when Hamas overran the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement hammered an historic reconciliation deal with the rival Hamas group on Wednesday, agreeing to form an interim government and fix a date for general election within the year.

The deal, which took many officials by surprise, was thrashed out in Egypt and followed a series of secret meetings.

"The two sides signed initial letters on an agreement. All points of differences have been overcome," said Taher Al-Nono, the Hamas government spokesman in Gaza. He added that Cairo would shortly invite both sides to a signing ceremony.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

More or less guarantees another Palestinian civil war. Better they shoot one another than Israelis.

[elpadre]

undoubtedly the one point of mutual interest which allowed them to overcome their tribal differences, was the destruction of Israel!!

[elpadre]

and undoubtedly the Muslim Brotherhood played the role of arbitrator (the modern day Jimmy Carter role)

[dfwgator]

Basically it’s a Hitler-Stalin Non-Aggression Pact.

[naturalized]

Headline ought to read “Fatah Abandons all Pretense that it is Anything but a Rival Terrorist Organization.”