Er doen veel geruchten de ronde over een mogelijke hernieuwde dialoog en toenadering tussen Fatah en Hamas. Abbas ontkent dat recente ontmoetingen met vertegenwoordigers van Hamas gericht zijn op verzoening, maar waarom nodigde hij hen dan uit voor een gezamelijk vrijdaggebed?
Last month Hamas said it was ready to hold reconciliation talks with Fatah and hinted it might be ready to give up control of the Gaza Strip. But Fatah ruled out talks unless Hamas first cedes control of the coastal territory.
Als Hamas echt heeft gesuggereerd dat het de controle over de Gazastrook op wil geven - en dat is ook de voorwaarde van Abbas -, dan lijkt de weg vrij voor verdere toenadering. Abbas wil daar uiteraard mee wachten tot na de Annapolis conferentie, maar tegelijkertijd het signaal afgeven dat hij open staat voor dialoog met Hamas. Hij heeft eerst een afspraakje met Israël en de VS, en weet dat zij extra hun best zullen doen omdat er een andere kaper op de kust is. Alom wordt immers gevreesd, dat als de top mislukt, de Palestijnen verder zullen radicaliseren. Er is een algemeen gevoel dat er, met de Fatah regering op de Westoever, nu een momentum is waarvan gebruik moet worden gemaakt. Abbas acht zichzelf in de comfortabele positie waarin hij kan eisen, zonder te laten zien dat hij ook tot een compromis bereid is.
Ratna
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Abbas tells Hamas officials no unity talks until group quits Gaza
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/919792.html
By The Associated Press
Last update - 13:57 02/11/2007
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas met Hamas officials in the West Bank on Friday but reiterated he would not hold formal reconciliation talks with the Islamist group unless it gives up control of Gaza.
Hamas forces routed Abbas's secular Fatah faction in violent clashes in Gaza in June. Abbas then sacked a Hamas-led government and appointed a Fatah-backed administration in the West Bank.
"I met with Hamas officials and told them there would be no dialogue with Hamas until they reverse their coup first," Abbas told Reuters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Abbas said he met Hamas lawmaker Hussein Abu Kwaik and a Hamas-backed former government minister, Naser el-Deen al-Shaer.
Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah said two other Hamas members were also present at the meeting at Abbas's presidential compound in Ramallah. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters in Gaza Abbas had invited the group to his compound for prayers, but said the meeting was not linked to dialogue between Hamas and Fatah.
"The prayers in the Muqata came after an invitation by Abbas to some Islamist figures, including some Hamas officials. It was not linked to any kind of dialogue between Hamas and Fatah."
Last month Hamas said it was ready to hold reconciliation talks with Fatah and hinted it might be ready to give up control of the Gaza Strip. But Fatah ruled out talks unless Hamas first cedes control of the coastal territory.
Jerusalem has warned that dialogue between Fatah and Hamas could torpedo a peace deal with Israel, which Palestinians hope will lead to statehood
Last update - 13:57 02/11/2007
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas met Hamas officials in the West Bank on Friday but reiterated he would not hold formal reconciliation talks with the Islamist group unless it gives up control of Gaza.
Hamas forces routed Abbas's secular Fatah faction in violent clashes in Gaza in June. Abbas then sacked a Hamas-led government and appointed a Fatah-backed administration in the West Bank.
"I met with Hamas officials and told them there would be no dialogue with Hamas until they reverse their coup first," Abbas told Reuters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Abbas said he met Hamas lawmaker Hussein Abu Kwaik and a Hamas-backed former government minister, Naser el-Deen al-Shaer.
Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah said two other Hamas members were also present at the meeting at Abbas's presidential compound in Ramallah. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters in Gaza Abbas had invited the group to his compound for prayers, but said the meeting was not linked to dialogue between Hamas and Fatah.
"The prayers in the Muqata came after an invitation by Abbas to some Islamist figures, including some Hamas officials. It was not linked to any kind of dialogue between Hamas and Fatah."
Last month Hamas said it was ready to hold reconciliation talks with Fatah and hinted it might be ready to give up control of the Gaza Strip. But Fatah ruled out talks unless Hamas first cedes control of the coastal territory.
Jerusalem has warned that dialogue between Fatah and Hamas could torpedo a peace deal with Israel, which Palestinians hope will lead to statehood
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