US Prevents Formation of Palestinian Unity Government with Hamas participation

Gulf paper: Cairo asks Washington to lift the veto on PA-Hamas dialogue

[ 08/08/2008 - 11:18 AM ]

CAIRO, (PIC)--

A gulf paper revealed on Friday that the Egyptian government urged the United States not to abort Palestinian unity and the formation of a national unity government with the participation of Hamas.

An Egyptian diplomatic source told al-Khaleej paper that Egypt and other Arab parties interested in the peace process expect from the US not to place restrictions that abort the formation of a national unity government in which Hamas participates pointing to Egyptian-American contacts with the aim of stressing the importance of this issue in the light of the regional situation.

This revelation reinforces Hams's constant claims that it is not Hamas that is hampering the efforts to bridge the rift with Fatah, but rather that there is a US veto preventing Mahmoud Abbas from talking to Hamas.

Dr. Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the Arab League, emphasized this fact when he asked for lifting the veto on internal Palestinian dialogue during a meeting of sponsors in Germany prompting criticism from Condoleezza Rice.

However, Abbas and the PA in Ramallah have always denied that there was a US veto on talks with Hamas and always blamed Hamas for the continued internal Palestinian rift.

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