Reconciliation cakes in Gaza distribute to celebrate end of split

CAIRO – 2 October 2017: Moataz Abdo, a Palestinian owner of a restaurant in Gaza distributed free pieces of cakes prepared for the occasion of the Palestinian national reconciliation to express his joy for the ending of the decade long split, according to Palestinian news agency, Maan.
Abdo wrote on the cakes, “With the reconciliation, one united people, one government.”


Free reconciliation cakes distributed in Gaza on Monday - File Photo



ree reconciliation cakes in Gaza - File Photo

Palestinians are very optimistic about the reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, and they hope that the arrival of the consensus government and Prime Minister Ramy al-Hamdallah will mark a new beginning for Palestinian unity.

Despite a number of attempts to reconcile the Palestinian split led by international and Arab efforts, only Egypt, with its historical and political position, was able to bring an end to this nightmare. Egypt managed to bring the conflicting Palestinian factions to overcome their differences, and to create new conditions away from the fear of exclusion.

Egypt helped the factions realize that they need to move forward towards a partnership based on the fact that Palestine is for all Palestinians.

On September 17, the Hamas movement announced the dissolution of its administrative committee in the Gaza Strip and invited the consensus government’s Prime Minster, Ramy al-Hamdallah, to visit Gaza and assume his duties in the Strip. Hamas also called for holding general elections in Palestine. Furthermore, the movement confirmed complying with the Cairo reconciliation accords of 2011.

On October 3, the consensus government will hold its first cabinet meeting from Gaza. The consensus government is expected to form a number of ministerial committees to address the effects and consequences of the internal division, as well as other civil, administrative and legal issues arising from the split.