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<p>Published today (updated) 27/04/2011 21:45</p>
<p>BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) &#8212; Hamas and Fatah signed an initial reconciliation agreement in Cairo on Wednesday, officials told Ma&#8217;an.</p>
<p>The deal is to form a caretaker government and set a date for elections. The details will be made clear at a news conference in Cairo, said Ash-Shaqaqi, the head of a delegation of independents pushing the deal.</p>
<p>Hamas leader Izzat Ar-Rishiq confirmed the signing of an initial agreement with Fatah, according to a statement published by the Palestinian Information Center, a Hamas-affiliated website. Ar-Rishiq said Cairo will call all the Palestinian factions to sign the final reconciliation within the week with the presence of Mahmud Abbas and Khaled Mashaal.</p>
<p>Fatah spokesman Azzam Al-Ahmad told the Al-Quds Voice radio in Gaza that the agreement forms a technocratic government that represents all Palestinian factions. He added that Egypt will invite all the factions in early May to hear their notes and to sign the final deal.</p>
<p>Delegations from the rival Palestinian factions arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to hold talks, Palestinian sources said. The teams were to meet Egypt&#8217;s new spy chief Murad Muwafi, whose predecessor Omar Suleiman tried unsuccessfully to bridge a split that has left Gaza and the West Bank ruled by rival administrations.</p>
<p>The delegation of the Islamist movement Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip includes senior members from the territory and its Damascus-based deputy leader, Mussa Abu Marzuk.</p>
<p>Egypt, which shares a border with Gaza, has tried to bring the two sides together since Hamas defeated Fatah loyalists in week-long street battles four years ago, reducing their power base to the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Nabil al-Arabi, Egypt&#8217;s new foreign minister, has said he plans to visit Ramallah, seat of Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas who heads Fatah, to push for unity.</p>
<p>The factions were on the verge of agreeing a deal in 2009 that would have led to a transitional government ahead of elections when Hamas pulled out, saying the accord had been revised without its approval.</p>
<p><strong>AFP contributed to this report.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=382759">Source</a></p>
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