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DAMASCUS, Nov 13 (KUNA) -- The door to inter-Palestinian reconciliation is
still open in order to continue dialogue with Fatah movement on the security
file, member of the Hamas movement's politburo Ezzat Al-Resheq said here
Saturday.
Al-Resheq also expressed in a statement today his hopes that an agreement
will be reached in the coming session due to be held following Eid Al-Adha
holiday in what puts an end the state of divisions.
The latest reconciliation meeting between Hamas and Fatah movements which
was held over last Wednesday and Thursday in the Syrian capital of Damascus
hit a deadlock on the security file.
He also said that the meeting between Hamas and Fatah in Damascus hit some
snags as some controversial issues figured high on the agenda with Hamas held
that security authorities should be named by a supreme security committee,
while Fatah insists that they should be appointed by head of the Palestinian
National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas.
Hamas asked for the formation of a supreme security committee through the
national consensual opinions of all Palestinian factions including Hamas and
Fatah and that no single party on the Palestinian scene should have the upper
hand over forging such committee because of the sensitivity of the security
file, he explained.
It is scheduled also for head of Fatah delegation to the reconciliation
talks Azzam Al-Ahmad to hold a meeting with head of Hamas political bureau
Khaled Meshaal in Damascus during which the former will hand over the latter
Fatah's remarks over the security file.
Al-Ahmad had previously accused Hamas of being the cause behind the failure
of the reconciliation talks that were recently held with Fatah in Damascus.
The accusation was made in an address made by Al-Ahmad yesterday evening in
a festival at Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp marking the 6th death
anniversary of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, which was not attended by the
members of Hamas and Jehad movements.
Al-Ahmad said in his speech, "we were shocked during the two reconciliation
sessions held by the delegations of Fatah and Hamas in Damascus at hearing
that Hamas has no remarks and that it is not poised for discussing such
remarks embedded in the Egyptian-brokered reconciliation paper that was agreed
upon in February 2009."
He added that, "we agreed in September 24, 2010, on carrying through with
what embarked upon and to reach an agreement on Hamas remarks on a number of
security points with the aim of signing the Egyptian paper without any
amendment, change or adding any supplements or frames of reference."
He went on, "what Hamas asked for during the two sessions that lasted for
more than eight hours was only to discuss a single point in the security file,
" adding that "we said that we did not come to deliberate a single point,"
though they afterwards asked for adding the word of "consensus" which is
already embedded in the Egyptian paper.
Then, Hamas asked again for adding supplement or frame of reference, though
Fatah movement delegation rejected such proposals, asserting that the only
paper which will be signed is the Egyptian paper, Al-Ahmad said.
Head of the Fatah delegation also made clear that anything that will agreed
upon with Hamas movement will be clear-cut understandings and that Fatah
honors its obligations and that any agreement reached will be obligatory to
both Fatah and Hamas together and it will be stronger than any frame of
reference or supplements.
He also revealed that Fatah agreed with Hamas on shunning off any media
leakages or press releases, saying that some statements were made at the
outset of the first dialogue session in which the dismissed Prime Minister
Ismail Haniyah spoke about complications and difficulties met during Damascus
dialogue session.
Al-Ahmad added that this was followed by a contact from Gaza by Hamas
leading figure Ayman Taha with Hamas delegation leader Moussa Abou Marzouq in
what motivated the latter to make a statement on the end of dialogue.
He asserted that Hamas has no remarks except a single one that was put
forward by it and is already embedded in the Egyptian paper regarding the
forging of the security committee and the Egyptians worded it under the title
"consensus".
Additionally, Fatah leading figure said that he asked of Hamas delegation
as well as all other factions to head for Cairo in order to sign the Egyptian
reconciliation paper in what puts an end of the state of inter-Palestinian
divisions, though signing in itself is just the beginning for eliminating long
time divisions alongside continuing discussions on the subsidiary issues
related to the security file.
He also revealed that Fatah movement underwent pressures from the U.S. in
order not to sign the Egyptian paper and that he was personally assigned by
president Mahmoud Abbas in order to sign the Egyptian paper.
Al-Ahmad wondered about the kind of pressures that are put on Hamas in
order not go to Cairo and sign the Egyptian paper with the aim of putting an
end to the divisions, stressing that Palestine will not have except single
government, single homeland and single law.
It was agreed with Hamas on making contacts following Eid Al-Adha holiday
in order to set the time and venue of the next meeting, he said, hoping that
Hamas will hand him its remarks on the achievement of the reconciliation.
Further, he expressed his hopes that the upcoming meeting will be latest
one that will pave the way for signing the Egyptian paper as this will not end
the divisions, but will be the beginning of their end, according to his own
words.
Al-Ahmad also called on all Palestinian opposition factions in Damascus to
support the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas who rejects negotiations with
Israel and to further consolidate the national unity with the aim of giving a
boost to the struggle and moving to a more influential approaches of strife.
He also asserted that Gaza strip is a liberated land and that it is in
state harder than the redeployment plan that was devised and carried out by
former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, noting Israel controls everything
in the strip from sea to air and earth.
It is stupid thing to say that Gaza is liberated, he said, adding that, "we
compete for whom should be Israel's partner in the negotiations when we must
compete for what will strengthen resistance against Israel."
On his part, representative of the Palestinian factions in Damascus Talal
Nagui asserted the factions' support to the dialogue between Fatah and Hamas,
saying "we are working toward reaching national unity because without it we
will not be capable of achieving victory." (end)
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