PM admits no plans were set for implementing reconciliation

[Jefferson23]

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Thursday said that no mechanisms had been put in place to ensure the implementation of the reconciliation agreement signed by Hamas, Fatah, and other parties in April.

All political parties who signed the agreement are fully responsible for finding solutions to the currently unresolved problems, he added, urging factions to hold an emergency meeting to work out solutions.

The remarks are one of the most frank admissions on the part of Palestinian political leaders that many of the stumbling blocks the national unity government has faced in the last five months are a direct result of the lack of foresight on their own part.

snip*Israel refused to allow Turkish electricity for Gaza

With regards to the electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip, Hamdallah said that the government has been spending 2 million Shekels ($600,000) a day to buy diesel needed to run the Gaza Strip's sole power plant, which was bombed by Israel and is running under-capacity.

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[oberliner]

1. Reconciliation is much easier said than done

These are folks that were throwing their opposite numbers off buildings not too long ago.