The Islamic resistance movement Hamas and mainstream Fatah movement on
Tuesday agreed on three major understandings before they officially resume their
dialogue, said Palestinian sources.
The sources said the understandings were aimed at reaching a final agreement
based on a document Hamas presented to Fatah representatives three days ago.
Top Hamas leader Mahmoud Azzahar told reporters that the political limits
must be agreed on from the beginning, saying "Hamas has presented a document of
honor to Fatah leaders a few days ago."
Hamas and Fatah are the two major military factions in the Palestinian
territories. They agreed on many political issues such as ending the occupation,
but disagreed on the methods to reach this goal.
"The document of honor represents the minimum Palestinian political solids,
in addition to rearranging the internal Palestinian situation and ruling the
territories that Israel is intending to pull out from," said Azzahar.
Responding to questions of whether Hamas would drop its arms, which is one of
the important requirements in the roadmap peace plan, Azzahar said, "Hamas is
not responsible for the chaos because Hamas carries the guns of resistance to
defend the Palestinian
people."
Palestinian National Authority "must differentiate between the guns which are
a major reason for chaos in the Palestinian territories and Hamas arms which are
only used to defend the Palestinians," said the Hamas leader.