Ynet reports on the details of an “understanding” reached between the Palestinian Authority and Islamic terrorist organizations including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. In an attempt to create a “national unity\" leadership, the sides have agreed on several points, which include integration of the opposition groups into the Palestinian Authority administrative structure and a continuation of the armed struggle until achievement of an independent Arab state in the territory of Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem.
According to Ynet, the Tanzim, under the leadership of Marwan Barghouti, are interested in formalizing their de facto cooperation with the Hamas and to weaken some PLO leaders. Meanwhile, PLO leader Ahmed Abdel Rahman is quoted as saying, “Oslo is dead, and the group most damaged by it are actually those who supported Oslo. Therefore, the time has come for those who opposed Oslo and those who supported it to come together for the battle being waged by the Palestinian people.”
According to Ynet, the Tanzim, under the leadership of Marwan Barghouti, are interested in formalizing their de facto cooperation with the Hamas and to weaken some PLO leaders. Meanwhile, PLO leader Ahmed Abdel Rahman is quoted as saying, “Oslo is dead, and the group most damaged by it are actually those who supported Oslo. Therefore, the time has come for those who opposed Oslo and those who supported it to come together for the battle being waged by the Palestinian people.”