The deputy head of the political bureau of Hamas, Saleh Al-Arouri and senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub held in a joint screened press conference to announce their unified stance vis-a-vis the Israeli annexation plan.
Al-Arouri appeared from Beirut and Rajoub joined from Ramallah, reports Arab News.
The two political rivals spoke of their united efforts to counter the US-backed Israeli plan to annex parts of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley.
“Today, we will go out with one voice and under one flag to work on building a strategic vision … in order to face the challenges,” Rajoub said.
For his part, Al-Arouri said, “We must overcome our differences … in the interest of a strategic and fundamental agreement with regards to the existential issue of occupation.”
He added that although the two organizations were often at odds, they did not differ “in confronting the occupation and its plans.”
The Palestinian News Agency published a report on a meeting held by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with Rajoub on Wednesday in Ramallah to show support for Rajoub’s efforts to approach Hamas.
The two groups have failed to achieve reconciliation during the 13 years since political separation, even after signing more than one agreement to this end, the last of which was in Cairo, in 2017.
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