" ... The new government, according al-Ahmad, will not be a national consensus government nor a caretaker government. “It will be a regular government due to failure to implement a reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas which was due on Aug. 14.” He highlighted that Hamas “hasn’t responded positively to Fatah’s requests to hold a meeting outside Cairo in order to put the reconciliation agreement into effect.” Al-Ahmad asserted that he contacted senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk before Aug. 8 to arrange for a meeting outside Cairo because of Egypt’s turmoil. He said he suggested Beirut, but Abu Marzouk responded with “incitement against the president and Fatah in a news conference they held to attack us.” He added: “Hamas is waiting to see how things will end up in Egypt ... ”
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:00:52 +0000
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