Nasser Abu Sharif, a representative of the Islamic Jihad in Iran, on Thursday accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its chairman, Mahmoud Abbas of thwarting the Palestinian reconciliation initiative, especially in light of the PA's caving to “Zionist and American plots” and to pressures exerted on it by regional elements.
In an interview with the Hamas daily Al-Risala, Abu Sharif said that Hamas and the Palestinian resistance organizations had shown a serious approach to the reconciliation talks, but the PA was still under the influence of the regional elements and was working to thwart the reconciliation.
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