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Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has a delegation from his ruling Fatah party will travel to Cairo on Sunday as Egypt and the United Nations try to revive the Palestinian reconciliation process and thrash out an agreement between Israel and Hamas to quell recent violence.
Abbas Addressed a Meeting of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Fatah's ten-year feud with internal rival Hamas, who rule Gaza.
He said the delegation would present a "clear" position on reconciliation, which would be that of the stalled agreement the two factions signed in October last year with Egyptian mediation.
Abbas also addresses reports of a feverish effort by the United States of America.
"There are important issues for which we must make crucial and serious decisions over the next two months" SAID KHATIB (AFP) ” longdesc=”Security forces loyal to the Palestinian Authority stand at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on July 17, 2018″ src=”https://cdn.i24news.tv/upload/cache/large_content_image/upload/image/afp-bbc2e541e1d19337f288be335dc41bcbd134d425.jpg” style=”width: 100%;” title=”Security forces loyal to the Palestinian Authority stand at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on July 17, 2018″/>
"We have already talked about these issues in the Palestinian National Council, and will also be presented to the Central Council to be ready [before we discuss them] in the United Nations to take decisions, He added.
The PLO, and its dominant faction Fatah, have been at loggerheads with Hamas for over a decade, following the Hamas' victory in 2006 parliamentary elections. President Abbas' Fatah and much of the international community to accept the result, leading to increased strife and a near-civil war that the Islamist group sixteen control of the Gaza Strip.
Hamas and the PA failed to implement a reconciliation Last week, the United States of America and the United States of America.
Last month, thousands of Palestinians rallied on various occasions in the West Bank of Ramallah, calling on Abbas to lift punishments imposed by his government on the Gaza Strip in an effort to weaken the rival administration by Hamas in the blockaded enclave.
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Several Hamas Had Agreed to the Launch of Firefighters
Hamas and other militant groups in the impoverished territory also held a press conference on Thursday, saying they were committed to the 2014 ceasefire agreed to the end of the last war accused Israel of violating it
The group puts its military wing on high alert Thursday and said "Israel will pay the price for its latest actions," referring to three of its activists who were killed in retaliatory Israeli air strikes on Wednesday.
Last week, the UN and Egypt brokered a halt to violence in the face of a new wave of conflict between Hamas and Israel
Israel and Hamas have fought three wars since 2008.
i24NEWS Middle East Senior Correspondent Mohammad Al-Kbadim contributed to this report. ]
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