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The Arab League meets to discuss the Palestinian cause at the league headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The meeting comes as key Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas met in Cairo for talks. ARAB LEAGUE/AFP
Historic reconciliation for Palestine rivals
Wed, 10 February 2021
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas said on February 9 they had agreed on “mechanisms” for forthcoming elections and to respect their outcome, after years of bitter divisions.
In a joint statement on the second day of talks between Palestinian factions in Cairo, they said they had agreed a timeline for the polls and “committed to respecting and accepting their results”.
Rival Palestinian factions agreed yesterday on steps aimed at ensuring Palestinian elections are held as planned later this year and pledged to respect their results, a joint statement said. No Palestinian elections have been conducted in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem for 15 years amid a deep rift between President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah nationalist
Fatah, Hamas and several other Palestinian political parties participated in talks in the Egyptian capital about the upcoming elections in the Palestinian territories.
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