Although Fatah is reputed to be “moderate” and Hamas “extremist,” in reality, there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between them.
“Fatah and Hamas agree to form unity Palestinian government to end election gridlock,” by Bethan McKernan, Independent, January 19, 2017:
The governing bodies of the West Bank and Gaza Strip have agreed to bury their differences to form a unity government in order to finally hold delayed elections.
The secular Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, based in Ramallah, and Islamist militant group Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in 2007, will form a new National Council including the Palestinian diaspora to hold elections.
“We have reached agreement under which, within 48 hours, we will call on [Palestinian Authority President] Mahmoud Abbas to launch consultations on the creation of a government,” Fatah spokesperson Azzam al-Ahmad told media after three days of reconciliation talks in the Russian capital of Moscow concluded on Tuesday.
“Today the conditions for [the idea] are better than ever,” Mr Ahmad added.
Relations between Fatah and Hamas have been tense since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip a decade ago.
The first elections since 2007 were due to be held in 2016 but were delayed multiple times after legal complaints filed by various political actors and a high court ruling found elections could only be held in the West Bank.
The non-official Russian brokered talks also involved representatives from the Shia Islamic Jihad militant group, which has not been present at political talks in years.
While in Moscow, Palestinian representatives also met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, asking him to pressure US President-elect Donald Trump into reneging on a campaign promise to move the US Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem….

eur says
Fatah joining the Islamic Fascists … in the end it is true that it unites more the fact of being Muslim than the political ideas (or were political ideas really not so different?)
miriamrove says
And it will end up in blood shed. m
John C. Barile says
Cut our U.S. taxpayer subsidies to the PA–end this farce.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear, John!
Diane Harvey says
“The secular Fatah-led Palestinian Authority,”
Secular, eh?
Good one. Like the Clapper assessment (Feb, 2011) that the Muslim Brotherhood was largely secular,
“The term Muslim Brotherhood is an umbrella term for a variety of movements. In the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried al-Qaeda as a perversion of Islam,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a congressional hearing today.”
jack cohen says
its all ready happened in the past and they broke up nothing new here they’ll break up the next disagreement they will have
Angemon says
Secular? Arafat used the treaty of Hudaybiyyah as justification for his signing of the Oslo Agreement. The treaty of Hudaybiyyah was a stipulated 10-year peace agreement between muslims and the Meccans, one which muhammad broke when he refused to abide by the agreement and return a Meccan woman to her family, per the stipulations of the treaty – muhammad received a very convenient “revelation” allowing him to break the treaty:
quran 60:10 – O you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them. Allah is most knowing as to their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands] for them…
cs says
The masque is coming off, let’s just wait them throw their rockets and see the response.
ElderlyZionist says
Russian involvement is…interesting. Putin is asserting himself again in the Near East. It’s hard to see how anything good can come of this initiative.
TassieR says
Nothing good but then a lot of very bad certainly: at the sight of Trump both scared clients run to their old generous master
ibrahim itace muhammed says
it is just now that fatah have realised that the endless negotion is mere waste of time.evil israhel has no intention to give back palestinian territory in compliance with un resolution no. 242.afterall,this un resolution does not require any bilateral treaty between israel and palestine before israel can comply with it.it just stated that israel shall push back to pre-1967 borders.the phrase”secured and defensible”is never intended to be a cover for evil zionist not to comply by getting out of palestinian land. the palestinians should,therefore,unite to face this fascist state of evil people(the jews).the mad jewish slave, mad devil trump, is all out to satisfy the totalitarian ambition of his masters the evil jews.
duh swami says
You do know don’t you, that no one here cares what you think…
ElderlyZionist says
ibrahim, there is one country between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, and that country is Israel, the Jewish State. Palestine is finished. The Arabs never intended to make peace; now the world knows it, and the Israelis see what they must do. Arabs who are willing to live in peace with their Jewish neighbors in Israel can stay. Those who refuse must get out. Sooner than you think.
gravenimage says
Virulent antisemite ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
it (sic) is just now that fatah (sic) have realised that the endless negotion (sic) is mere waste of time…
……………………….
What rot. It has *always* been the goal of Fatah–previously, the PLO–to destroy Israel. It is, in fact, in Fatah’s own constitution:
Article (12) Complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence.
http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=68&x_article=1704#The_Movement's_Essential
The funny thing is that they vociferously *reject* UN resolutions as insufficient to achieving the destruction of Israel.
And Fatah has tried to join with Hamas before–does anyone remember how *that* turned out? Hamas ran a bloody purge in Gaza, mass murdering Fatah members–even pursuing wounded into hospitals to kill them.
What did surviving Fatah members do? They fled to *Israel*, begging the Jews to save them from their own coreligionists–and criticized Israel for taking the time at checkpoints to ensure that none of them were armed or wearing suicide vests.
The above story just proves that Muslims hate civilized Jews far more than they do their fellow Muslims slaughtering them. *Ugh*.
Shalom says
That’s what I love about you lot on here, you never tire of defending the truth and defending my people Israel against evil scum like itace. I really appreciate it.
don vito says
itace. how does a kufr protect blood and property from the outstretched, grasping, bloody hands of your vile, thieving, filthy prophet?
Golem2 says
There is no “palestinian” territory. None. Zero. These are fake leaders for a fake people. Arabs don’t negotiate. They take and take until there is nothing more to be taken and then they use violence. They are the most fragile minded self deluded people on Earth. It’s time for them to make peace or to go to one of only!!! 22 Arab sand pits of backwardness.
Northern Virginiastan says
As Hugh Fitzgerald said, Fatah is slower jihad, while Hamas is faster jihad.
Personally, I prefer fattoush and hummus.
gravenimage says
OK, so that *that* is funny!
Northern Virginiastan says
or feta and hummus
ibrahim itace muhammed says
elderly evil zionist,you are joker of this century.before your forefather jacob called israel was born palestinans were there.you could not erase them as you did to amalek.the whole land,including the portion designated as israeli state under treaty of partition contained in un resolution no.181,belong to palestinians.we only conced to that partition on religious ground that abraham who was our father faith lived in that area and israel was his grandson.all your claims of monopoly over the land are baseless.your scriptures telling you that the land belong to you exclusively are bunch of lies;not reliable sources of international law.if you have any other cogent historical evidence backing your claim, produce for our scrutinity.evil idiots!!!!!
mortimer says
Ibrahim, the Koran in several place commands Jews to live in Israel and claims it is their land. You are wrong. Don’t you believe the Koran … or are you a blasphemer?
ElderlyZionist says
Your impotent rage pleases me.
Golem2 says
Stop it. The whole “palestinian” narrative is fake. It only fools Muslims and the stupid
Golem2 says
The entire quran is stolen from real religions or a lie. No flying horses in a dream to claim Jerusalem only because it’s holy to Jews. It attracts the mentally ill and the easily bullied. The World is catching on to the evil of Islam
mortimer says
All the news that’s fit to LAUGH AT … “Fatah and Hamas agree to form unity Palestinian government”.
Ha, ha, ha, ha… after a week, they’ll be shooting one another… if not sooner. Ha, ha.
ibrahim itace muhammed says
mortimer,the quran never stated that the land belongs to jews or israelites.it only mentioned that allah commanded prophet musa(moses)to move back to the land with children of israel from egypt due to persecution in the hand of pharoh.before they went egypt they left human being there, including ancestors of palestinians.when they came back they met them there and stayed with them there.when byzantines expelled jews from the land they left palestinians there .when muslims drove away byzantine colonisers, they allowed jews to come and stayed with palestinians. note,it was religious leadership that allah made exclusive to jews then,not exclusive right to stay on the land.but the jews abused the favor confered on them by indulging in all kinds of evils and killing of prophets .that is why allah said in another verse:”ya bani israela adhkuruu niimatii allatii an’am alaikum wa anni faddaltukum alal aalami(o the children of israel, remember my favor i confered on you and gave you preferential treatment giving you leadership over the rest of mankind).when jews abused this favor of religious leadership,allah took it away and gave it to another line of abraham’s family,ishmael line where prophet muhammad came from.the jews added their stuborness by rejecting prophet muhammad in defiance of allah’s decree.this is what jews are upto today associating with all evils and arrogance.this arrogance made jews to claim superiority over other races,which allah says in another verse that it is a lie.prophet muhammad explained that all human races are equal by birth. so,mr mortimer, allah never made the land exclusive to jews.he never commanded them to erase other races to settle there like satanic lie in samuel 15:3 contained in filthy christian bible.
Yorkshire Kufir says
Only difference between Hamas and Fata is one prefers nukes to kill Jews, the other prefers knives. This all comes from the serious ground Obama has given to the Islamic voting bloc in the UN. Seriously thinking of joining the IDF to get a chance to wipe a few arab aresebandits off the face of the planet. Now is the time.
Josephus says
The Fatah leader is about to get his head cut off by Hamas. It is in their blood to kill each other. It is history that when Arabs are within a few steps of destroying Israel, they turn against each other so that the last survivor of the infighting will declare victory over the God of Israel. God allowed the Jews to be attacked from all sides. They suffered and died for their faith but the survivors came back to their homeland, bought by Abraham and handed down through the ages. A great war is about to be fought and Obama will be the main supporter of the Islamic terror. May the God of Israel destroy all those who have helped islam in its death plans.