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Related: About this forumDoes Hamas-Fatah reconciliation spell end for peace talks?
As the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) convenes in Ramallah on April 26, its mission to determine the future of peace talks and elect a president and parliament is easier now that the PLO and Hamas have agreed to implement their reconciliation agreements.Presidential and parliamentary elections (both inside and outside Palestine) are now scheduled six months after the creation of a unity government. President Mahmoud Abbas has been authorized to consult on the creation of a government of experts and announce the date for general elections. The April 23 agreement in Gaza appears, on paper, to be a total Hamas capitulation to the PLO and Abbas.
The PCC now faces one challenge, the peace talks. It's a foregone conclusion that the Palestinian-Israeli talks will not be resumed when the April 29 cut-off date arrives.
Before the reconciliation agreement was announced, Salim Zannoun, the speaker of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), stated that he didn't believe continuing the talks would be productive. In an exclusive interview April 22 with Al-Monitor, Zannoun described his view of the peace talks as very pessimistic. The speaker noted that he doesn't expect "anything worthwhile" to come to the Palestinian people out of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/04/fatah-hamas-reconciliation-merger-palestine-peace-talks.html#ixzz2zpUcBnqm
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Does Hamas-Fatah reconciliation spell end for peace talks? (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Apr 2014
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sabbat hunter
(6,829 posts)1. If Hamas
leaders come out and announce that they support a two state solution, the right of Israel to exist and a permanent peace, then peace talks can continue.
This has to be from Hamas leaders themselves, not an announcement from Fatah that hamas agrees to it. Needs to come from Hamas to actually have any weight.
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)2. Have you seen the Angry Birds peace treaty?
An Israeli comedy show did it, and I only just saw it when someone posted it in another forum. It's pretty funny...
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)3. oh my gosh. Say what..what was that...what the fuck...LOL.
I enjoyed it, show some respect will ya.