<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Fateh Rejects A Document Presented By Hamas “To End Internal Divisions” &#8211; International Middle East Media&nbsp;Center]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div class="article-subtitledetails"><span class="article-details"> <span class="article-detail">Thursday March 10, 2011 21:32</span><span class="article-detail"> by Saed Bannoura &#8211; IMEMC &amp; Agencies</span></span></div>
<blockquote class="article-intro"><p>After the Hamas movement presented a  document that was described as a new initiative to achieve internal  Palestinian unity, the rival Fateh movement rejected the document and  said that Hamas is trying to subdue popular protests for change in the  Gaza Strip.</p></blockquote>
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Fateh Movement</p>
<p class="article">&#8220;Yet, popular protests were also held in the West Bank demanding change and internal Palestinian unity.</p>
<p>The Initiative that was presented by Hamas during a meeting with several  factions, calls for forming a unified leadership that runs the  Palestinian affairs until the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)  is reformed so that Hamas and the Islamic Jihad can join it.</p>
<p>The Fateh movement in Gaza boycotted the meeting, while a number of  leaders of other factions who attended the meeting said that it led to  no results.</p>
<p>Fawzi Barhoum, spokesperson of the Hamas movement, said that Hamas wants  to restore unity. But Fateh movement expressed doubts regarding the  intentions of the meetings.</p>
<p>Fateh spokesperson in the West Bank, Ahmad Assaf, said that the issue  needs decisive decisions not initiatives that followed four years of  internal divisions.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Hamas movement in Gaza announced a limited restructuring  of its government. In 2007, and following gun battles between Fateh and  Hamas gunmen in Gaza, President Abbas dismissed the government and  formed an interim one in the West Bank.</p>
<p>Enjoying an elected overwhelming majority at the Palestinian Legislative  Council, Hamas movement rejected the decision of Abbas and regarded it  as illegal.</p>
<p>Assaf of Fateh, said that Abbas had to dismiss the government after what  he called “the coup that was conducted by Hamas”, adding that the  Hamas-led government in Gaza is illegitimate.</p>
<p>But Hamas said that Abbas in not a legitimate president as he termed out  of office in 2010. Last month, Abbas said that new elections cannot be  held should Hamas refuse to hold the ballots in the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>In Gaza, several Palestinian factions refused to Hamas’ call to join the  Government that was modified by the movement in Gaza, and was approved  by the legislators there.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/60841">Fateh Rejects A Document Presented By Hamas “To End Internal Divisions” &#8211; International Middle East Media Center</a>.</p>
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