Representatives of Fatah and Hamas traveled to Algeria to discuss ways to end secession and achieve Palestinian unity.
Fatah said in a statement yesterday that its delegation had left for Algeria at the invitation of the leaders of the North African government within the framework of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to strengthen national unity and joint coordination on the challenges facing the Palestinian issue. Wafa reported.
The group included Azzam al-Ahmad and Rawhi Fattuh, members of the movement’s central committee.
Fatah Central Committee deputy secretary Sabri Saitham told Anadolu Agency that his movement “deals positively with Algeria’s role in relation to Palestinian reconciliation” and “Algeria continues to work on the reconciliation file, and the factions are meeting separately, and we bless this initiative and the practical steps.”
“There is a need for coherence and international legitimacy with the position of the PLO to face all challenges together,” he added.
A Hamas delegation arrived in Algeria on Sunday “to resume dialogue on the organization of a Palestinian home, the strengthening of relations between the two parties and the examination of developments related to the Palestinian question”, according to a press release published on the movement’s website.
The Hamas delegation is headed by the head of the Arab and Islamic Relations Office, Khalil al-Hayya, and includes political bureau members Maher Salah and Husam Badran, as well as the movement’s representative in Algeria, Muhammad Othman.
On December 6, 2021, Tebboune announced Algeria’s intention to host an inclusive conference for Palestinian factions and then receive delegates representing the factions.
Since the summer of 2007, Palestinians have been plagued by political and geographical divisions, after Hamas won the elections and Fatah refused to hand over control of the occupied territories to the movement. Fighting has broken out in which Hamas controls the beleaguered Gaza Strip, while the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority rules the occupied West Bank.
