Fatah-Hamas reconciliation

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 25, 2017. (AFP)

Hamas has made major political concessions in a bid to achieve Palestinian reconciliation. So will it finally happen?

Hamas has pledged to dissolve its administrative committee that runs the besieged coastal enclave and expressed its readiness to hold general elections in a bid for reconciliation with the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority.

Hamas and the Fatah-led PA have been embroiled in a more than a decade-long conflict since 2006 when Hamas won Palestinian legislative elections and a bloody conflict between the two groups broke out.

Despite numerous attempts at reconciling the groups, the Palestinian leadership has repeatedly failed to follow through on promises of reconciliation and holding of long-overdue elections, as both movements have frequently blamed each other for numerous political failures.


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