In Gaza Reconciliation Effort, Palestinian Politician Seeks a Comeback
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In Gaza Reconciliation Effort, Palestinian Politician Seeks a Comeback
Imad Mohsen said that Today, Hamas has recognized that Dahlan is a powerful man in the region,
The son of Bassem Qotob, an officer in Mr. Dahlan’s security force who was killed by Hamas militants in 2006, said he was willing
to accept the compensation, which is also being offered to families of victims of interfactional fighting before and after 2007.
The program is unlikely to help resolve the broader schism dividing the two main Palestinian political groups, whose relations have continued
to deteriorate as the Palestinian Authority withholds funds from Gaza to press Hamas into yielding control there, so far without success.
The killing was one of hundreds during clashes between Hamas, the Islamist group,
and Fatah, the faction loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, for control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007.
Last month, the reconciliation program organized a series of public events across the Gaza Strip, bringing together bereaved families affiliated with both Hamas
and with Fatah, which still has sizable support among ordinary Gazans.
Khalil Qotob said that It was very painful,
Imad Mohsen said that Today, Hamas has recognized that Dahlan is a powerful man in the region,
The son of Bassem Qotob, an officer in Mr. Dahlan’s security force who was killed by Hamas militants in 2006, said he was willing
to accept the compensation, which is also being offered to families of victims of interfactional fighting before and after 2007.
The program is unlikely to help resolve the broader schism dividing the two main Palestinian political groups, whose relations have continued
to deteriorate as the Palestinian Authority withholds funds from Gaza to press Hamas into yielding control there, so far without success.
The killing was one of hundreds during clashes between Hamas, the Islamist group,
and Fatah, the faction loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, for control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007.
Last month, the reconciliation program organized a series of public events across the Gaza Strip, bringing together bereaved families affiliated with both Hamas
and with Fatah, which still has sizable support among ordinary Gazans.
Khalil Qotob said that It was very painful,