How will Palestinian reconciliation affect Palestinians and their quest for liberation?

Egypt’s government says rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to hand over the full administrative control of the besieged Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority (PA) by December 1, as the two sides inked a historic reconciliation deal in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to put an end to their decade-long rivalry.

The two movements agreed Thursday to “enable the national unity government to carry out its work and assume its full responsibility in running the Gaza Strip, as is the case in the West Bank, by December 1, 2017,” said a statement released by the State Information Service of Egypt.

Earlier in the day, the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, and the West Bank-based Palestinian Fatah party, led by PA President Mahmoud Abbas, signed a reconciliation accord.

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