Palestinian national accord government takes office in 24 hours

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Mon, 18 Sep 2017 - 11:11 GMT

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Palestinian ambassador to Egypt Gamal El Shobaki during celebrating the establishment of Fatah Movement at the embassy- Hesham Sayeed (File photo)

Palestinian ambassador to Egypt Gamal El Shobaki during celebrating the establishment of Fatah Movement at the embassy- Hesham Sayeed (File photo)

CAIRO – 18 September 2017: The Palestinian National Accord government has been formed and will take on its duties in the Gaza strip within 24 hours after Hamas had dissolved its administrative committee, in light of achieving Egypt-brokered inter-Palestine reconciliation, according Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Gamal El Shobaki on Monday.

“The government will be in charge of the administration," he said in remarks to the reporters, adding “according to Hamas’ statement, the (national) government should be allowed to meet in Gaza to be responsible for the strip administratively; every minister in the National Accord government should assume his duties.”

El Shobki revealed that Egypt will invite Hamas and Fatah movements for a joint meeting; then another meeting for all Palestinian factions to implement the 2011 Cairo Agreement.

The Palestinian National Reconciliation Agreement in Cairo 2011 aimed to restore unity among Palestinian political actors after four years of conflict since 2007. It was mediated by the Egyptian authority in 2009, and was accepted by the two parties in May 2011 following Palestinian demonstrations against the Israeli forces in the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba Day (the day Israel announced its statehood).


Earlier in 2017, Hamas announced forming an administrative committee in the Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian authorities accused Hamas then of attempting to form a shadow government and form an independent state in Gaza.


About seven previous reconciliation attempts between Fatah and Hamas since 2007 failed, including Fatah-Hamas Doha talks in 2012.


The head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Cairo on September 10 to meet with a number of Egyptian officials to discuss inter-Palestinian reconciliation and the situation of the Gaza people, according to Hamas’ statement.


It was the first visit since Haniyeh took over as president in last May, the Associated Press stated Sunday.


A delegation from the Fatah movement headed by head of the Fatah parliamentary bloc and member of Palestinian Fatah's central committee Azzam al-Ahmed, arrived on Saturday in Cairo to discuss ways to implement Palestinian reconciliation.

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