President Abbas wijst gesprekken met Hamas af

Volgens dit bericht komen er waarschijnlijk geen officiële gesprekken tussen Fatah en Hamas op de korte termijn, en liggen de posities van beide partijen mijlenver uit elkaar. Beide eisen dat de andere partij zijn regering opheft en de legitimiteit van de eigen regering erkent, met andere woorden, overgave.

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President Abbas rejects talks with Hamas as Haniyeh's demands are revealed
Date: 11 / 07 / 2007  Time:  20:20

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Bethlehem - Ma'an - Knowledgeable Palestinian sources on Wednesday stated that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has informed a delegation of Arab parliamentarians in the Jordanian capital, Amman, that he rejects the suggestions offered by the head of the Hamas politburo, Khalid Mash'al. Mash'al submitted Hamas' conditions for talks to the Arab delegation in Damascus a few days ago.

The source stated that President Abbas told the delegation that he "will not hold negotiations with Hamas, unless they back down over "the mutiny" they conducted in the Gaza Strip and accept the return of the Strip to PA control." In addition, Abbas reportedly stated that Hamas must adhere to the directives of the emergency government, led by Salam Fayyad and "to apologize to the Palestinian people for their conduct".

The parliamentarian delegation from the Arab states have reported that Hamas' conditions over ending the current state of affairs are as follows:

First: The emergency government must be dissolved through a presidential decree, and Haniyeh's government must be ratified, not as a transitional government, but as the legitimate government until it finishes its elected term.

Second: Keeping the current PLC makeup, which has a Hamas majority, until the end of its full term, avoiding early presidential and legislative council elections.