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<div class="field-item odd"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 04/04/2011 &#8211; 16:45</span></div>
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<p>Hamas has initiated talks with Fatah regarding a potential  Palestinian reconciliation, Hamas leadership member Mahmoud al-Zahar  said on Monday.</p>
<p>State-run news agency MENA reported al-Zahar said the talks began in Gaza on Sunday.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re determined to reconcile. We want reconciliation so as to take control of the Palestinian situation,&#8221; al-Zahar said.</p>
<p>Egypt, which is mediating the talks, indefinitely postponed the  signing of a reconciliation agreement after Hamas rejected it on 15  October 2009.</p>
<p>Under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian government refused  to discuss Hamas’ reservations, insisting it sign the agreement with  the pledge that its comments would be taken into account during the  agreement&#8217;s implementation &#8212; a suggestion Hamas rejected.</p>
<p>Egypt, according to al-Zahar, informed Hamas, Fatah and other  Palestinian factions that it will not directly participate in the talks,  as it had before. He added that Egypt has said it will let Palestinians  decide on an agreement themselves at any place they chose, which would  be announced from Cairo.</p>
<p>Al-Zahar, heading a Hamas delegation that also includes Khalil  al-Hayya, concluded his visit to Egypt after meeting a number of  officials including Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi.</p>
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