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Fatah agrees to take part in national committee alongside Hamas
By DPA
Tags: Gaza, Hamas, West Bank, Fatah

The Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to join a national committee designated to end politically-motivated arrests among Palestinian groups, an official said Saturday.

The formation of the committee was offered last week during a meeting between leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip and officials from leftist Palestinian factions after a surge of politically-motivated detentions conducted by Hamas in Gaza and Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.

"Fatah has showed its readiness to join a national committee to resolve the issue of political arrests by setting up a mechanism to release the prisoners," said Mahmoud Khalaf, a leader of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP).
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On Friday, the leftist factions met several leaders of Fatah in the Hamas-controlled Gaza. It comes two days after a similar meeting with Hamas.

During the meeting, the factions discussed ways of resuming inter- Palestinian dialogue to end the political split between Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Last year, Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces and took over control of the Gaza Strip, boosting the separation of the already geographically-unlinked West Bank.

Hamas launched the toughest crackdown against Fatah in months in Gaza last month following a beachside blast in which a girl and five Hamas members were killed.

Fatah responded by arresting Hamas supporters in the West Bank.

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