GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On June 18, Fatah and Hamas announced the failure of the Palestinian reconciliation talks between them. These talks were hosted by Doha on June 14 and were aimed at implementing the terms of the Beach Refugee Camp Agreement signed between the two movements on April 23, 2014.
These terms included forming a Palestinian consensus government tasked with preparing for the Palestinian presidential and legislative elections within six months as of the formation of the government, activating the role of the Palestine Liberation Organization within five weeks as of the signature of the Beach Refugee Camp Agreement and ending the political detention policy in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. According to this agreement, President Mahmoud Abbas must call for convening the Palestinian Legislative Council, inactivated as a result of the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007.
