Will Islamic Jihad reconciliation initiative unite Palestinians?
Most Palestinian factions have accepted the initiative launched by Ramadan Shalah, the secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, but will this initiative remain mere ink on paper?
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On Oct. 21, Ramadan Shalah, the secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, launched an initiative to resolve the internal Palestinian crisis. The initiative was widely welcomed by the Palestinian factions except for the Fatah movement, which had some reservations.
Regardless of acceptances and reservations, the most important question remains whether this initiative will see its way to implementation on the ground in light of the failure of all previous reconciliation initiatives such as the 2011 Cairo Agreement, the 2012 Fatah-Hamas Doha Agreement and the 2014 Beach Refugee Camp Agreement.
