Palestinian popular movement to press Hamas, Fatah on reconciliation - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Huda Baroud

Huda Baroud

Nov 22, 2017

Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (C-L) speaks with Hamas' Saleh al-Aruri (C-R) after signing a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements ended their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt.
Under the agreement, the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority is to resume full control of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip by December 1, according to a statement from Egypt's government. / AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/ — Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (C-L) speaks with Hamas' Saleh al-Aruri (C-R) after signing a reconciliation deal, Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 12, 2017. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinians take part in a party on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the creation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on December 12, 2016, south of Nablus. / AFP / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Meeting of top Palestinian decision-making body faces more boycotts

Moath al-Amoudi

Moath al-Amoudi

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, not shown, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool - RC19052A6D80

Abbas pushes forward with plans for PNC by year-end

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

Will new initiative spark interest in ending the Hamas-Fatah schism?

Mohammad Habosh

Mohammad Habosh

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) welcomes senior Hamas official, Ahmed Haj Ali (2nd-L) during the opening ceremony of the 7th Fatah Congress on November 29, 2016, at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Abbas's Fatah re-elected him party head as the movement opened its first congress since 2009 with talk mounting of who will eventually succeed the 81-year-old.
/ AFP / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Two initiatives revive hopes for Palestinian reconciliation

Ahmad Abu Amer