A Hamas leader says they will give up governing Gaza, but won’t lay down arms - eviltoast
  • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Did you read the article or just the headline?

    In order to achieve a cease-fire deal that leads to international funds to rebuild Gaza, Hamas understands it must make concessions.

    “We are not willing to come back to govern the Gaza Strip,” Naim says, though he doesn’t say for how long.

    “What we are calling for is a Palestinian unity government, formed from technocrats who are not affiliated to any faction but supported from all factions … to run the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,” he says.

    Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah, which has a bigger presence in the West Bank, struck a deal recently, with China as a broker, that calls for the creation of a unity government. It’s unclear when, or if, this will happen. The two factions fought one another for control of Gaza in 2007, leading to Hamas’ takeover of the territory and an Israeli-led blockade strictly controlling movement in and out of the enclave.

    Both Hamas and Fatah have agreed to a Two-State solution based on the 1967 borders for decades. Oslo and Camp David were used by Israel to continue settlements in the West Bank and maintain an Apartheid, while preventing any actual Two-State solution

    Oslo Accord Sources: MEE, NYT, Haaretz, AJ

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    • merthyr1831@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      They probably didn’t, but it’s okay because they quickly googled a few terms and linked their Wikipedia articles to seem smart.