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September 29, 2009

Hamas Backs Egyptian Proposal on Palestinian Unity
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In Israel and the Occupied Territories, Hamas has voiced support for an
Egyptian plan on Palestinian national reconciliation. Egypt says it will
invite Hamas and rival Palestinian faction Fatah to Cairo for unity
talks next month. The two groups have feuded since Hamas routed Fatah
forces in Gaza two years ago to prevent a US-backed coup against Hamas’s
democratic election. On Monday, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged the
Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority to end security cooperation with
the US and Israel.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal: “I call for the immediate end to security
coordination with the Israelis and an end to working and coordination
under the Dayton Accords, which are altering the culture and Palestinian
conscience and lead to a Palestinian people with no identity and no
ideology. And we call for them to go back to the beginning, to the
original option, which was resistance.”



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