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Abbas accuses Iran of blocking Palestinian reconciliation / #Fatah #Hamas #Iran #Palestinians

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:03:22 +0000

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas lashed out at Iran on Friday, blaming Tehran for being behind the latest failure to reconcile his secular Fatah movement with its Islamist rival Hamas.

“Iran doesn’t want Hamas to sign the Cairo reconciliation document,” Abbas said during a meeting in the Tunisian capital.

Fatah and Hamas struggled for months to reach a unity deal under Egyptian mediation, but the efforts collapsed late last year when Hamas refused to agree to a proposal that was signed by Fatah.

Abbas said that while Hamas’ leaders had initially indicated their approval of the document, they later began putting forth excuses to refuse to sign.

The Fatah leader said his goal was to “pull our people out from Iranian tutelage”.

Hamas routed Fatah from the Gaza Strip in 2007 after deadly fighting, a year after winning Palestinian legislative elections.

New legislative elections were due to have been held early this year, but they have since been postponed indefinitely as Hamas refuses to allow any vote in Gaza without a unity agreement with Abbas’s Fatah movement. AFP

A Senior Fatah leader visits Gaza / #Fatah #Gaza #Hamas #Israel

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:26:37 +0000

A senior Fatah leader on Wednesday returned to Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by the Islamic militant Hamas in 2007, saying he hopes to help end the rift between the bitter rivals.
Nabil Shaath, a Gaza native, was set to meet with senior Hamas officials, including Gaza strongman Mahmoud Zahar. As he crossed into Gaza from Israel, he handed his passport to Hamas border guards for registration in a powerful symbolic recognition of Hamas authority. Washington Post

No clear plan for resuming peace talks with Israel, says Fatah official / #Fatah #Israel #Palestinian

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:24:45 +0000

A Palestinian Fatah party official said Tuesday no clear scheme has emerged to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace process despite intensified efforts to restart the talks.

Fatah to prevent Al-Qaeda from infiltrating Lebanon camps / #Al Qaeda #Fatah #Lebanon #Palestinian refugee camps

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:23:16 +0000

Sultan Abul Aynain , Fatah’s commander in Lebanon accused external parties of seeking to “export” fundamentalists to Palestinian refugee camps across Lebanon.
“We have taken measures to prevent al-Qaeda from infiltrating Palestinian refugee camps after we received information that external parties were seeking to export extremists, particularly from Iraq,” Abul Aynain said in an interview with AFP.

Uprising by Fatah officers at the Palestinian refugee camps of Tyre / #Fatah #Lebanon #Mahmoud Abbas #Palestinian refugee camps #Tyre

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:24:11 +0000

Several Fatah officers have launched an uprising against the movement’s National Security Forces official in Lebanon Brig. Gen. Adib al-Hassan to protest a new shake-up within the military ranks in the Palestinian refugee camps of Tyre.
According to As Safir daily the uprising was triggered by al-Hassan when he assigned leadership responsibilities to a single commander rather than the usual three people in charge of security at each camp.
As Safir reported that that the Fatah officers sent a letter of protest to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Central Committee and the movement’s leadership urging the Fatah chief to “immediately interfere to solve the situation before it goes out of hand.”
Abbas is expected in Lebanon on Monday for talks with President Michel Suleiman on bilateral relations and the plight of Palestinian refugees.