Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas told a Sunday meeting of the Fatah leadership in Ramallah that "any political initiative will not be acceptable to us if it is not based on a two-state solution with East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state."
Regarding reconciliation with Hamas, Abbas said, "We said to Egypt in the clearest possible way: 'Either we will accept all responsibility for Gaza, including security, or we will no longer be responsible for what is happening there.'"