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The historical divide between Hamas and Fatah is deep, with years of hostility and ideological differences,
said Maria Papageorgiou, a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Exeter in the U.K There is nothing to lose (for China) by hosting such an event, ... In diplomacy either you do some good political moves, or it will be considered a failure for you.”
Fariz Mehdawi, the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to China, said in a recent interview with NBC News in Beijing The preferred way out for Hamas would be to embed itself in some post-partisan Palestinian governance structure,
Jon Alterman, the director of the Middle East program at the Washington based Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, told NBC News on the eve of Palestinian talks China wants to be a part of whatever grand diplomatic jamboree ends this conflict and it would like to be a prominent part of that,
Whether it’s going to be acceptable to others — the United States, Israel, Europe — I don’t know,
Since 2007, there have been numerous rounds of negotiation and even provisional agreements aimed at reconciliation but they have all failed,
Taufiq Rahim, principal at 2040 Advisory and author of "Middle East in Crisis & Conflict: A Primer On the morning of July 23, the closing ceremony of the reconciliation dialogue among Palestinian factions was held in Beijing. Representatives of Palestinian factions signed the 'Beijing Declaration' on ending division and strengthening Palestinian unity,
Chinese state media outlet CGTN wrote in a post on local social media platform Weibo, ... according to a translation provided by the website and vetted by CNBC The devil is not in the details but the implementation,
Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement in China for joint control of Gaza after the war
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz took to X on Tuesday to condemn the deal, writing This creates a formidable barrier against all regional and international interventions that seek to impose realities against our people’s interests in managing Palestinian affairs post-war,
This declaration comes at an important time as our people are facing a genocidal war, especially in the Gaza Strip,
the statement quoted Badran as saying We’re at a historic junction. Our people are rising up in their efforts to struggle,
he said, ... according to a translation provided by China’s Foreign Ministry Today we sign an agreement for national unity and we say that the path to completing this journey is national unity,
said senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk at a news conference in Beijing There is no other way now but for Palestinians to be unified and struggle together against this terrible injustice,
The key to the internal reconciliation process of the Palestinian factions is to maintain firm confidence, grasp the direction and proceed step by step,
The core outcome is that the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) is the sole legitimate representative of all Palestinian people,
Reconciliation is an internal matter for the Palestinian factions, but at the same time, it cannot be achieved without the support of the international community,
The most prominent highlight is the agreement to form an interim national reconciliation government around the governance of post-war Gaza,
Wang said following the signing of the "Beijing declaration" by the factions in the Chinese capital