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Palestinian reconciliation

PA President Mahmoud Abbas (left), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh meeting in Ankara, July 26, 2023. (Turkish Presidency)
July 31, 2024, 9:38 pm
Abbas declares day of mourning for Haniyeh as he blasts ‘cowardly’ killing
Mourning for political leader of terror group provides rare occasion for Palestinian unity as leaders hail him and his ‘martyrdom’
By Gianluca Pacchiani
PA President Mahmoud Abbas holds a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on July 25, 2023. (Adem Altan/AFP)
July 29, 2023, 7:51 pm
Abbas in Egypt for Palestinian unity talks being boycotted by Islamic Jihad, PFLP
PA leader set to meet Egyptian president, Hamas chief Haniyeh and other faction heads in latest bid to patch up rift
By AFP and ToI Staff
An undated image of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Nakhala (from the terror group's website jehad.ps)
July 23, 2023, 11:18 pm
As Palestinian factions seek reconciliation in Cairo, Islamic Jihad to boycott talks
While Hamas has accepted Mahmoud Abbas’s invitation, PIJ says it cannot participate as long as the PA holds some of its members
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (C) poses for photographs with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Azzam al-Ahmad, a Fatah Central Committee member, in Algiers, October 12, 2022. (Algerian Presidency via AFP)
October 14, 2022, 6:39 pm
Fatah, Hamas sign reconciliation deal hoping to end 15-year-long rift
Palestinian factions have been at odds since Hamas won 2006 elections, which were never recognized by the international community, and later ousted Fatah from Gaza Strip
By AFP
Members of Gaza's Central Elections Commission's field team register a local woman to the electoral roll, at the main road of Gaza City, February 10, 2021 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
February 17, 2021, 9:18 pm
93% of Palestinians register to vote in election, amid claims of voter tampering
Ahead of plans to hold first national legislative elections in 15 years, many observers remain skeptical that the vote will take place
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian faction leaders gather to discuss holding Palestinian national elections, in Cairo on February 8, 2021 (WAFA)
February 9, 2021, 10:44 pm
Fatah and Hamas agree on terms of 1st Palestinian election in 15 years
Deal reached at Cairo summit between 14 factions; Palestinians are skeptical that the vote will be held at all, as election promises have fallen through before
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas alongside Central Elections Commissioner Hana Naser on Friday, January 15, 2021, announcing an election decree (WAFA)
January 15, 2021, 10:49 pm
Abbas issues decree ordering Palestinian elections for first time in 14 years
Hamas agrees to support move although several previous attempts to unite rival factions and hold a vote have failed over the years; observers are skeptical this time too
By Aaron Boxerman
Hamas deputy Gaza chief Mahmoud al-Zahar scolds the Palestinian Authority for having "tied its fate to the Israeli occupation" in an interview with Iranian Al-Alam TV, October 27, 2020 (Screenshot: YouTube)
October 28, 2020, 2:40 pm
Senior Hamas official: PLO won’t change, reconciliation ‘nearly impossible’
Mahmoud al-Zahar tells Iranian TV that group’s rivals in Ramallah have ‘tied their fate to Israel,’ bashes security coordination between PA and Jewish state
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah burn pictures of Emirati Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (top) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, during a demonstration against the UAE-Israeli agreement to normalize diplomatic ties, August 15, 2020. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
September 22, 2020, 3:16 pm
6 weeks after UAE’s normalization bombshell, Palestinians still have no strategy
With former regional backers abandoning ship, Ramallah needs a new way forward. Instead Abbas has opened the familiar ‘crisis playbook,’ and it isn’t working
By Aaron Boxerman
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