Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Abbas and Meshal to sign reconciliation agreement

The president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas and the head of Hamas political bureau, Khaled Meshal, the reconciliation agreement signed on 5 May in Cairo, said one of the mediators between the two factions, Munib Al Masri. "Abbas and Meshal, along with leaders of other Palestinian factions and independent leader, will travel to Egypt to sign the agreement," said al Masri, an independent political and influential Palestinian businessman.

Personally involved for years in the signing of a reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, Al Masri said that the memorandum reached today involves the formation of "a government composed of technocrats" and "elections within a year. " The Palestinian political attributed the achievement of the agreement for three reasons.

The first is the fall of Hosni Mubarak in February, which has led the Egyptian government no longer "be subject to U.S. command" and play as a defender of Israeli interests. " The second reason is the political instability that has lived for weeks Syria, where is located the main direction of Hamas.

For Masri, has also played a decisive role since September stagnation of peace talks and "lack of American strength to pressure" the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to return to dialogue without constructing in the West Bank settlements and based on the terms agreed in previous negotiating efforts.

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