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Fourteen Palestinian factions, including those in conflict Hamas and Fatahsigned an agreement at the China Reconciliation Summit that includes form a “provisional government of national unity” with authority

Fourteen Palestinian factions, including those in conflict Hamas and Fatahsigned an agreement at the China Reconciliation Summit that includes form a “provisional government of national unity” with authority over all Palestinian territories (Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem), according to a statement released by Hamas on Tuesday.

This government will be formed within the framework of consensus of 14 signatory Palestinian factions and by decision of the president, and, according to the text, will be regulated by the Basic Law of Palestine.

This was agreed upon by groups including Islamic Jihad is also included, andl The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) or the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) with the aim of “uniting national efforts” to end the war in Gaza and (Israeli) aggression.

“The Palestinian factions welcome the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which confirmed the illegality of the presence, occupation and settlement.” Israelis in the West Bank and East Jerusalem include a Hamas statement in their opening remarks.

On Friday, International Court calls Israeli occupation ‘illegal’ in these Palestinian territories at the same time that the Jewish State granted itself administrative powers in “Area B” of the West Bank, which had previously been entirely under the control of the Palestinian Authority.

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The signatories committed to supporting the implementation of these agreements. “to put an end to the differences” between them, which were achieved thanks to the role of Egypt, Algeria, China and Russia.

Among the common goals set are: the creation of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem. (a goal that the groups have already supported individually) in accordance with international resolutions, especially 181 and 2334.

The first, dating from 1947, marked the partition of Palestine in an Arab state, another Jewish state, and part under international control; while the second, from 2016, is the UN’s declaration of the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as “illegal”.

The factions stated “the right of the Palestinian people to resist occupation” in accordance with international law, the United Nations and the right to self-determination, and to “resist and suppress” Israeli attempts to displace the Palestinian population.

The final point Hamas is referring to is the groups’ shared commitment try to end the “barbaric siege” of Gaza and the West Bankas well as ensuring the flow of humanitarian and medical aid “without restrictions and conditions.”

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These agreements represent a new attempt at reconciliation between the factionsespecially between the Islamist Hamas and the secular Fatah, which have been opposing each other since 2007.

So, Hamas Forcefully Ejects Fatah from Gaza after the failure of the national unity government that emerged after Islamists won legislative elections last year.

Since the turning point in the last few years, there have been several unsuccessful attempts at dialogue between Fatah, which controls the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Hamas and other groups such as Islamic Jihad.

Through the NPP, the secularists rule the West Bank, where their power is increasingly limited in the face of the Israeli occupation’s advance, which this year declared more than 2,300 hectares of the enclave to be state propertybreaking all records.

Moreover, the PNP and President Mahmoud Abbas, They are becoming increasingly unpopular in the area, accused of nepotism, authoritarianism and corruption.

Pictured are Mahmoud al-Aloul, vice-president of the Central Committee of the Palestinian Authority and the Fatah political party, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Moussa Abu Marzouq, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. Photo: Reuters

Palestinian factions have been meeting since last Sunday in the Chinese capital with the aim of discuss the post-war future of the Gaza Strip.

China has expressed its readiness to “provide a platform and create opportunities for Palestinian factions can reconcile and engage in dialogue,” The Asian country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this.

“China firmly supports the just cause of the Palestinian people. in restoring its legitimate national rights and supports the reconciliation of all Palestinian factions through dialogue (…). We have made and will make unremitting efforts in this regard,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said at a press conference on Monday.

This is not the first time that China has acted as a mediator in a conflict in the region: last year, it acted as a mediator in a conflict in the region. mediator for Iran and Saudi Arabia in reaching an agreement restore diplomatic relations.

Hamas and the secular Fatah party, which governs small areas of the occupied West Bank through the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), They already met in the Chinese capital in April last year. meeting in which both movements stressed the need to move towards “national unity” and end the divisions between Palestinian factions.

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Hamas and Fatah have been feuding since 2007.when Hamas expelled Fatah forces from the Gaza Strip, dissolved the joint executive and seized power by force after winning legislative elections the year before. Various mediators, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Russia, have tried to intervene to end the discord that has persisted since then.

In February, the PNP government resigned, citing urgent need “inter-Palestinian consensus” capable of replacing Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Although Israel opposes the PA’s return to the Gaza Strip after the war ends and a Palestinian state is established, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said in a draft post-war plan that civilian control of the Gaza Strip will fall on local officials far removed from “countries or entities that support terrorism.”

War The eruption occurred on October 7, 2023. after a Hamas attack on Israel that killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped 251. Since then, Israeli forces have relentlessly attacked the Gaza Strip, where more than 39,000 people have been killed and 89,800 injured.

(according to information from EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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