Hamas snubs the application for recognition of Palestine

Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas in Cairo on May signed a reconciliation agreement ending four years of antagonism and fratricidal violence (c) Afp

Πηγή: Le Nouvele Observateur

27/7/11

The Palestinians appear before the Security Council their request for accession of a State of Palestine to the UN, announced Wednesday, July 27 President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the Central Council of the PLO in Ramallah (West Bank) . A meeting at which the representative of Hamas, with which the Fatah of Mahmoud Abbas has reconciled a few months ago, refused to attend.

"We're going to the Security Council through a request to the Secretary General of the UN for a full membership in the UN and the recognition of Palestine on the 1967 borders," said Palestinian President at the beginning of the meeting the PLO (Organization for the Liberation of Palestine).

Invitation declined

According to the Special Envoy of the Nouvel Observateur in Ramallah, René Backmann, Hamas, who had been invited to attend the meeting of the PLO-politely declined.

The head of Hamas in the West Bank, Aziz Dweik sent a letter to the chairman of the PLO Central Council of Al Salim Zanoun, who had invited him. In his letter, he thanked for the invitation but said that Hamas will not participate in the meeting because he wants to wait for the approval of "reconciliation" signed on May 4 before being applied to invest in the activities of the PLO.

Two problems

The implementation of the agreement comes up against two major problems: the formation of a government of technocrats and independents, and especially the choice of prime minister. Hamas does not want Salam Fayyad as the Palestinian Authority Salam Fayyad insists it is he who ensures the quality of government management and support from abroad, including Westerners who consider his work as remarkable