Hassin Alsheikh, a negotiator on the Fatah team, told Haaretz that the Palestinian Authority will take responsibility for the reconstruction of the Strip as well as for manning the Gaza crossings "effective immediately."
He added that Hamas also agreed to support Palestinian President Abbas' plan for establishing a state within the '67 borders.
Officials from the rival groups were meeting in Cairo to try to overcome their differences and strengthen their hand for talks with Israel slated for late next month.
The Gaza ceasefire struck in August between Israel and the Palestinians included stipulations that the Palestinian Authority, led by Abbas, should take over civil administration in Gaza from Hamas.
But a dispute over the Palestinian Authority's non-payment of salaries to Gaza's public sector workers brought tensions between the two main Palestinian factions to near-breaking point.
"All civil servants will be paid by the unity government because they are all Palestinians and it is the government of all Palestinians," said Azzam Ahmed of Abbas' Fatah movement.
Moussa Abu Marzouk, chairman of Hamas' political bureau, said control of Gaza's border crossings, another contentious issue, would lie with the United Nations in addition to the unity government.
"The United Nations will come to an agreement with Israel and the unity government on how to run the crossings," Marzouk said. He added that Rafah border crossing with Egypt was not part of the talks. [haaretz.com By Jack Khoury and Reuters]
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Hamas and Fatah agree unity govt control of Gaza...
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The deal between the two leading Palestinian parties was confirmed by senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk and Fatah's head of delegation, Azam al-Ahmad, on Thursday. The unity government will take over civil administration in Gaza from Hamas, which has controlled the enclave since 2007.
The Palestinian national unity government was set up in June, but it had previously never been fully implemented following a dispute between Fatah and Hamas over the Palestinian Authority's non-payment of salaries to Gaza's public sector workers. However, those disputes and disagreements have now been laid to rest.
"All civil servants will be paid by the unity government because they are all Palestinians and it is the government of all Palestinians," Reuters reported Ahmed as saying.
Earlier in September, Abbas lashed out at Hamas, saying they were running a “shadow government” in Gaza and that Fatah would “not accept the situation.”
“They have 27 director-generals of ministries and they are running the Gaza Strip,” said the Palestinian president. “The national consensus government can’t do anything on the ground.”
President Abbas also accused Hamas of carrying out mass executions of Palestinian youths living in the Gaza Strip, while Israel was bombing the area. The Jerusalem Post reported that Hamas killed 120 youths..............................http://rt.com/news/190660-fatah-hamas-government-gaza/
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