gyptian mediators have suggested a temporary Palestinian committee in order to end a two-year-long political crisis, said Hamas leader Salah Bardaweel on Sunday.
He explained in a statement sent to media that after Hamas and Fatah realized during their last meeting in Cairo on 2 April that it would be difficult to reach consensus on the political platform of a transitional government, Egyptian intelligence director Umar Sulaiman suggested formation of a temporary Hamas-Fatah committee instead of a government.
Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will form a new transitional government to create the conditions for the suggested committee to be formed. The committee is supposed to operate in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip only, and will be in charge of implementing what is being agreed on in Cairo, especially regarding the reconstruction of Gaza. The committee is supposed to be separate from the government, which will help the committee carry out its tasks.
“This suggestion needs to be clarified in more detail,” Al-Bardaweel commented on the Egyptian suggestion. He asserted that Hamas did not give a formal response to the proposal, but rather asked questions about the plan.
He also expressed Hamas’ hopes that the Egyptian suggestion, after being clarified, will be an opportunity to break the stalemate and enhance positive dialogue in order to heal the rift between Palestinian rivals and be able to counter Israel’s “extremist agenda.”
Al-Bardaweel also highlighted that the Egyptian suggestion did not resolve the question of the future of the de facto government in the Gaza Strip, nor did it give details about the mechanism president Abbas will follow in forming the new government.
Source: Maan News Agency
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