Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal hold separate talks on Tuesday with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman and Arab League chief Amr Moussa in an effort to defuse the tension between the two Palestinian rival factions, Hamas and Fatah.
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Khaled Meshaal (L), head of the Palestinian Hamas Political Bureau, meets with Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, capital of Egypt, June 9, 2009. Meshal, leading a Hamas delegation from the Syrian capital of Damascus, arrived here on June 8 and joined a Hamas delegation from the Gaza Strip to hold talks with officials of Egypt and the Arab League.[Xinhua]
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Exiled Hamas movement's chief Meshaal, who is based in Syrian capital city of Damascus, welcomed any real opportunity to reach a Palestinian reconciliation and to end Israeli occupation.
"Hamas welcomes any meaningful opportunity providing that it turns into a real opportunity and policies on the ground to end the Israeli occupation and gives to our people the right of self determination, and to live in a sovereign state without occupation based on 1967 borders," said Meshaal.
He stressed that Hamas would help to reach a rightful solution to the Palestinian issue.
Egypt has been stepping up efforts so as to overcome the current deadlock between Palestinian factions and reach a final agreement.
Main obstacle and the right of resistance
West Bank clashes are the main obstacle to Palestinian reconciliation, Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal told a joint press conference with Arab League (AL) chief Amr Moussa on Tuesday in the headquarters of the AL in the Egyptian capital.
"As I told Egyptian intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman and Arab League Chief Amr Moussa that the main obstacle is what is happening in the West Bank," said Meshaal.
"What is happening in the West Bank to resistance is very terrible and unacceptable," he added.
Tension between the two rival movements escalated after nine Palestinians, including four Hamas militants, four security officers belong to President Mahmoud Abbas security forces and one civilian were killed in two separate violent incidents last week in the West Bank city of Qalqilya.
