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Hamas and Fatah Meet in Gaza: 'The Division is Over'
Arutz Sheva ^ | 10-9-14 | Ido Ben-Porat, Ari Yashar

Posted on 10/09/2014 2:51:10 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

The Palestinian Authority (PA) unity government held its first full cabinet meeting on Thursday in Gaza, and despite the recent massive tensions between "unity partners" Fatah and Hamas, both groups claimed the years of division are now over.

After the meeting, which was held in a house belonging to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, unity government Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh held a joint press conference.

"The division in the Palestinian people has ended. We have one government and one region," said Haniyeh, emphasizing that both groups share the goal of establishing a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem.

The two also said that after trying to rebuild Gaza following the damage it suffered during Hamas's recent war against Israel, the unity government will press for elections that would likely see more Hamas members brought into the government, given the swelling of support for the terror group in polls since Operation Protective Edge.

That declaration is somewhat embarrassing for the US, which has long claimed Hamas is not represented in the unity government to justify its supportive stance on the unity government - despite the fact that one of the unity government ministers was previously the education minister in Hamas's Gaza government.

All the talk of division being a thing of the past comes on the background of the bloody 2007 split when Hamas violently purged Fatah from Gaza and seized full control of the territory, and despite the lingering animosity between the groups, which most recently included a foiled coup attempt by Hamas in Judea and Samaria.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hamas; pa

1 posted on 10/09/2014 2:51:10 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

They discovered they have common ground. They both hate and enjoy killing Jews.


2 posted on 10/09/2014 2:54:44 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

Pretty much sums it up.


3 posted on 10/09/2014 2:56:22 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Talk about your targeting coordinates begging for a ‘GO’ !


4 posted on 10/09/2014 2:59:09 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Nazi 1 and Nazi 2, share a great deal.
Shame the IDF didn’t have sufficient intelligence about this little Satanic cabal ... it would have made a fine target!

(maybe next time/)


5 posted on 10/09/2014 3:11:34 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: colorado tanker

Sure make it a lot easier when they put the cross-hairs on these terrorists...Now the Israelis don’t have to discriminate...


6 posted on 10/09/2014 4:36:49 PM PDT by Iscool
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