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Fatah, Hamas talk security in reconciliation bid

RAMALLAH — The two rival Palestinian regimes plan to renew security talks in an effort to achieve reconciliation.

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Officials said Fatah and Hamas intend to discuss security issues in their forthcoming round of Egyptian-sponsored reconciliation talks. They said security comprised the last obstacle in efforts to reach an agreement between the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority and the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip.

"The last issue is security," former PA Communications Minister Azzam Al Ahmed said. "If the atmosphere is the same that prevailed in Damascus, away from irresponsible statements issued in Gaza, then all will go as we desire."


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Al Ahmed, also a Fatah leader, said Fatah and Hamas were preparing security teams to discuss such issues as joint patrols, border control and the release of detainees from both sides. He said PA intelligence chief Majid Faraj and Hamas's Imad Al Alami would lead the security talks.

"After that, the proposal will be ratified without any problem and very soon," Al Ahmed said in an Oct. 2 radio interview.

The next round of reconciliation talks has been scheduled for mid-October. Officials said Fatah and Hamas have already agreed on three out of four disputed points in a draft submitted by Egypt in 2009. Over the last month, Fatah and Hamas have met in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Egypt has sought to achieve Fatah-Hamas reconciliation since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007. The talks have repeatedly foundered on the issue of whether Hamas or the PA would control the Gaza Strip.

"Achieving serious progress on the security issue will put us one step away from signing the Egyptian document and will lay the groundwork for the practical implementation of the agreement," Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said.



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