Soap opera in Washington, business in Beijing … This is a step in the right direction but it won’t stop the genocide in Gaza. Someone must shut down Israel and force its withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank. For over 100 years in the West, there have been many agreements, accords, and declarations signed but none yet that listen to oppressed Palestinians or any other. No one won the American wars of terror in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Following the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023, Israeli military advanced into the Gaza Strip. This crisis prompted the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Hamas leadership to try to reach a new agreement on unity government with the goal of reaching a common plan of action for the eventual reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian resistance have been moving towards a unity agreement between the factions for some time, Fatah is currently fighting the IDF alongside Hamas in Gaza … this Beijing agreement between the Palestinian resistance groups began some time ago in Algeria. The good part about this agreement is neither Washington nor London were involved. The US and British governments’ support for the genocide is insane. Both Kamala Harris and Trump are worse than Biden and sleepy Joe was a hawke on China.
Predictably United States criticized the reconciliation agreement, stating that Hamas cannot play a part in Palestinian political life, an absurd proposition given that its support has doubled since 7 October 2024.
Ian Curr, 23 July 2024.
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The factions have agreed an ‘interim national reconciliation government’, says Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Palestinian factions have signed a “national unity” agreement aimed at maintaining Palestinian control over Gaza once Israel’s war on the enclave concludes.
The deal, finalised on Tuesday in China after three days of intensive talks, lays the groundwork for an “interim national reconciliation government” to rule post-war Gaza, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The agreement was signed by long-term rivals Hamas and Fatah, as well as 12 other Palestinian groups.
“Today we sign an agreement for national unity and we say that the path to completing this journey is national unity,” said senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk at a news conference in Beijing.
Blocking Israeli control of Gaza
Mustafa Barghouti, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, one of the 14 factions to sign the accord, told Al Jazeera the agreement goes “much further” than any other reached in recent years.
He said its four main elements are the establishment of an interim national unity government, the formation of unified Palestinian leadership ahead of future elections, the free election of a new Palestinian National Council, and a general declaration of unity in the face of ongoing Israeli attacks.
The move towards a unity government is especially important, he said, because it “blocks Israeli efforts to create some sort of collaborative structure against Palestinian interests”.
Reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah would be a key turning point in internal Palestinian relations. The two main Palestinian political parties in the Palestinian territory have been bitter rivals since conflict arose in 2006, after which Hamas seized control of Gaza.