Gaza – Ma’an – Rival Palestinian factions must reunite in order to face a likely right-wing government that will emerge in Israel, senior Palestinian officials argued on Saturday.
“This attitude shows Israeli public support for the complete destruction of what was left in Gaza …[the election] is evidence that Israeli voters are not satisfied with their [government’s] performance and want more killing and destruction among the Palestinians ,” said Senior Fatah leader Ibrahim Abu An-Naja.
Abu Naja called for “unity [among] the Palestinians through a comprehensive national dialogue and what would come out of it of forming a national unity government that is able to face the expected dangerous risks.”
“Designating Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Israeli Likud party, to form the new Israeli government was not surprising but came along with the attitudes of the Israeli voters that are heading towards the right wing,” said Walid Al-Awad, a member of the PPP’s politburo, said.
On Friday Netanyahu was officially tasked with forming a ruling coalition. Israel’s national election earlier this month saw the extreme right make significant gains.
“Netanyahu will work on getting centrist parties to join his government, which will make it a center-right government in an attempt to market it to the world,” Al-Awad said, adding, “Such an option is ruled out until now as indicated by the statements of the centrist parties which will make forming a extremist government likely.”
“In such a case the possibility is of escalating attacks on the Palestinians,” he said, calling for a united Palestinian front to confront Netanyahu’s government.
The competing Palestinian parties are meeting in Egypt next week in an attempt to restore political unity.
The last unity government was dissolved in June 2007 when Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip.
Source: Maan News Agency - Palestine
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