Palestinian sources closed to the Islamic Resistance Movement
(Hamas)-led government denied on Monday that Qatar had presented a
new initiative of six points in an effort to form a Palestinian
national coalition government.
The sources told media that they have no information on the
Qatari plan as Qatari Foreign Minster Hamad Bin Jasmin Al Thani
would arrive in Gaza later on Monday.
Khaled Meshaal, Hamas politburo member in Damascus, Syria, also
didn't react with acceptance or refusal to such initiative, added
the sources.
Earlier reports said that the Qatari foreign minster would
arrive in Gaza on Monday to meet separately with Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haneya to present
suggestions on the formation of a Palestinian national unity
government.
Yasser Abed Rabbo, member of the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO), confirmed that Qatar has presented a political
plan of six points to bridge gaps between Abbas and the Hamas
leadership over the formation of a unity government.
He told the Voice of Palestine radio that the Qatari plan was in
line with a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and called for honoring the Arab Peace Initiative and
activating the PLO.
If Qatari efforts failed, "the only exit would be an early
election", said Abed Rabbo.
It was reported that the Qatari foreign minister, comes from
Damascus, Syria, has succeeded in getting the approval of
Damascus-based Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal for the Qatari
initiative.
An independent Palestinian lawmaker has been mediating between
President Abbas and the Hamas-led government in an effort to
overcome differences that delayed the formation of the national
unity government, said media reports.
(Xinhua News Agency October 10, 2006)
