Fatah, Dahlan bloc hold reconciliation talks ahead of Palestinian elections
High-level delegations from the Fatah movement, which dominates the Palestinian Authority (PA), and influential former top official Mohammed Dahlan’s Democratic Reform bloc have convened in the Egyptian city of Alamein for critical reconciliation talks ahead of Palestinian legislative elections. The meeting on Monday, publicised by Democratic Reform, comes as Fatah’s rivals – including Dahlan’s group and Hamas – discuss forming a broad coalition that could pose a significant challenge to the party in November’s elections.
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- Fact 1: Hamas official Husam Badran told Al Jazeera last week that the Palestinian group had met recently with officials from Democratic Reform – as well as Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – with the aim of forming a national bloc to contest the elections, the first since 2006.
- Fact 2: That culminated in the 2007 conflict between Hamas and Fatah, which led to Fatah being forced out of Gaza.
- Fact 3: It could also bring several disparate Palestinian factions together in a common challenge to the leadership of Abbas, who is now 90 years old and facing widespread opposition.
High-level delegations from the Fatah movement, which dominates the Palestinian Authority (PA), and influential former top official Mohammed Dahlan’s Democratic Reform bloc have convened in the Egyptian city of Alamein for critical reconciliation talks ahead of Palestinian legislative elections. The meeting on Monday, publicised by Democratic Reform, comes as Fatah’s rivals – including Dahlan’s group and Hamas – discuss forming a broad coalition that could pose a significant challenge to the party in November’s elections.
No, the Democratic Party is not shifting on Israel How Israel’s Netanyahu weaponises religion in his war rhetoric Israeli forces raid UNRWA training centre in occupied East Jerusalem Monday’s meetings were led by PA Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Fatah official, and Democratic Reform’s deputy leader Samir al-Mashharawi. Although al-Mashharawi described the initial atmosphere in Alamein as positive, he added that nothing “practical” had yet been agreed and said that PA President Mahmoud Abbas needed to make “decisive decisions” in order to unite the Fatah movement. Democratic Reform is largely made up of ex-Fatah officials who have broken away over differences with Abbas.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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