Fatah General Secretary Jibril Rajoub announces that Fatah and Hamas will hold a joint rally against annexation in Gaza in the coming days.
“The rally will be a historic point in consolidating the united Palestinian position in the face of the annexation project,” Rajoub says, referring to Israel’s declared intent to annex parts of the West Bank.
According to Rajoub, both Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and other “national leaders” will address the event.
Fatah representative in Gaza Ahmad Hiles will take charge of coordinating the event with Hamas, Rajoub says.
Fatah and Hamas have been bitterly divided since 2007, when a bloody civil war between the two rival Palestinian movements ended with Hamas expelling Fatah from the Gaza Strip. Several attempts have been made since to reconcile the West Bank-based Fatah with the Gaza-based terror group Hamas, but so far none have been successful.
In what they called a step towards “national unity,” Rajoub and Hamas deputy Salih al-Arouri held a press conference on July 2, in which they announced that the two movements would coordinate on anti-annexation activities.
— Aaron Boxerman
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