Damascus, 14 April (AKI) - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and the Islamist Hamas movement have reached an historic accord for the creation of a new "confederation" with two governments to rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, sources have told Adnkronos International (AKI).
Top-level Palestinian sources told AKI that the two groups are waiting for the right moment to make an official announcement about the agreement.
Hamas rejects alternatives to forming unity government
GAZA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A senior Islamic Hamas movement leader Wednesday said his movement rejects recent proposals related to forming a highest committee instead of forming a unity government.
Earlier reports said that rival Fatah and Hamas movements accepted the idea of forming a highest committee of coordination between Hamas government in Gaza and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the West Bank.
The report said the proposal was to form a highest committee that acts as a government of confederacy for both Gaza and the West Bank, as an alternative to forming a national unity government.
Gaza Hamas leader Ismail Radwan told reporters that Hamas movement did not accept such a proposal, adding "Hamas wants the dialogue to lead to a national unity and not to search for alternatives that keep the current rift."
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