PLO's Fatah seeks unity with Hamas in government
Further proof that both the PLO and Hamas share the same positions:
AMMAN (Reuters) - Leaders of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement on Saturday endorsed a national unity government with the rival Hamas group to end feuding they say Israel has exploited to stall on Middle East peace pledges.Further proof that the PLO should only be viewed as what they began as: a terrorist organization.
Veteran Fatah leader Nabil Shaath said at the end of three days of talks in Amman that the 17-member Central Committee, the governing body of the long dominant Palestinian movement, now sought a unity government with the Islamist group which defeated Fatah in January elections.
"Palestinian blood is sacred and we will not allow any infighting and have agreed to work toward a national unity government," Shaath told reporters.
"A national unity government will strengthen our hands to face the Israeli occupation," he added.
Abbas and Hamas agreed last week to restart negotiations on a unity government in the hope of easing a Western aid embargo imposed to pressure the militant group to recognize Israel and renounce violence.
A Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, told Reuters the group welcomed Fatah's decision, saying it created the right atmosphere for consultations under way to form a unity administration.
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