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Monday, September 18, 2006
On Hold: The New Palestinian "Unity" Government The UPI report quotes an aide to Abbas who says that Abbas halted the talks because he was upset that Hamas had rejected "interim peace deals" with Israel. Abbas is currently in the United States where he will meet with President Bush and sit in on a United Nations meeting. There is a possibility, but no commitment from the Abbas camp, that talks will resume when Abbas returns. The Hamas spokesmen, however, are indicating that talks will continue in Abbas' absence, calling the formation of a unity government an "irreversible" decision. The immediate difference of opinion between Fatah and Hamas centers around Haniyeh's comment on Saturday that there is no need for the proposed unity government to recognize the interim peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. The new Palestinian government would, instead, respond "in the way that serves the higher interests of the Palestinian people," Haniyeh said. This interruption in the flow of the talks to form the new government is just the first of what will probably be many roadblocks to unity. The two sides must still decide how many seats each party will have in a new cabinet and which responsibilities each side will have for the operation of the government. The initial agreement, last week,between Abbas and Haniyeh was that the new government will be based on a national reconciliation plan that is called "The Prisoner's Document." This is a plan that was drafted by various Palestinians who have been held in Israeli prisons. The Prisoner's Document calls for an independent Palestinian state established in "all the territories occupied in 1967;" those territories include the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem -- all areas outside of Israel proper. Potentially the largest roadblock to Palestinian unity and acceptance will be forming a government that meets the conditions set down by Israel, the United States and the United Nations, i.e., recognition of Israel (which is already implied by acceptance of the Prisoner's Document), the renunciation of terrorism, the acceptance of the already signed peace accords and the release of Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Palestinian militants and Hamas factions who do not obey Haniyeh. Once the new government is formed and the conditions are met, peace talks may resume between Palestine and Israel and international aid may also be reinstated. Without that aid, which was cut off when Hamas assumed control of the Palestinian Authority, any new government is likely to falter and dissolve because of unpaid government employees and unfundable services to the Palestinian people. News Links: Abbas halts unity talks, aides say Can Hamas come in from the cold? Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Whymrhymer at 8:15 AM |
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