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PA seeking unity government with Hamas
Posted at 11:47 pm on November 16, 2011

Fatah and Hamas have been holding secret talks in Cairo over the past few weeks on the formation of a Palestinian unity government, the Jerusalem Post reported November 15.

Fatah and Hamas signed an agreement back in May to form a unity government, but their efforts have stalled due to differences between the two parties, particularly over who the prime minister leading the new government should be. Hamas would not accept Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as head of the anticipated government, viewing him as a puppet of the West. It appears that a breakthrough on this has now been achieved, with Fatah conceding to Hamas’s demand.

A senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said this week that Fatah has agreed to put forward a replacement candidate, and Fayyad himself said on Monday that he would be willing to step down. The issue, along with other details of a unity government and a plan to hold elections, is due to be decided at a meeting between Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Cairo next Wednesday.

One factor driving Abbas’s push toward an agreement may be the PA’s effort to gain statehood recognition by the United Nations Security Council. The committee appointed by the Security Council to investigate the Palestinians’ membership bid said the PA did not comply with the necessary requirements because it did not control the Gaza Strip.

Don’t be surprised if the upshot of this—following presidential and parliamentary elections, proposed for next May—is a Hamas seizure of power in the West Bank.

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