Egypt Gives Up: No reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah
Egypt has given up on its efforts to reconcile Fatah and Hamas. The two parties / terrorist organizations declared war on each other years ago, which resulted in massive bloodshed and a Hamas take over in Gaza. Cairo tried to bring both sides together, believing that peace between Israel and the Palestinians can only be achieved if and when the latter are united.
Although Egypt’s thinking makes sense, Palestinian leaders once again prove to care about one thing only: their own power.
A high-ranking Egyptian security delegation headed by Muhammad Ibrahim, a top General Intelligence official, visited Ramallah over the past few days in what was described as a final bid to resolve the Hamas-Fatah feud.
The delegation headed back to Cairo after failing to bridge the gap between the two sides, Fatah and Hamas officials told The Jerusalem Post.
Azzam al-Ahmed, a senior Fatah official, told the JPost that ‘differences over the status of the Palestinian security forces and the possibility of forming a joint Hamas-Fatah police apparatus in the Gaza Strip were among the main reasons for the mediation efforts’ failure.’
Furthermore, ‘the two parties have also failed to resolve their differences on most of the outstanding issues, such as the political agenda of a unity government and holding new presidential and parliamentary elections.’
It is becoming exceedingly difficult to feel any kind of compassion for a people that supports ‘leaders’ like this.
In any case, the failure to unite the Palestinian leadership is yet another indication that it will take decades (if ever) before Middle Easterners (of all religions in the region) will finally live in peace.
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Can’t say it makes me any happier that Egypt is confirming the cynicism I developed months ago about the Palestine situation.