Staff from the two major Palestinian parties, the criminal business Hamas and Fatah, made headway at latest “unity talks” held in Beijing, according to a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Lin Jian on Tuesday.
Lin claimed that Hamas and Fatah sent members to Beijing at China’s request for an “in-depth and sincere speech on promoting Arab peace.”
” The two sides fully expressed their political could of realizing peace through speech and discussion, had discussions on several certain issues, and made enabling progress”, he said.
No presentations were made during the discussions, which were quiet. Lin’s hit meeting on Tuesday appeared to be the Chinese Communist program trying to snag a little fine press out of meetings that did not accomplish little because Lin did not exactly show when this “dialogue” occurred and the question that allowed him to bring up the subject was obviously planted with Chinese state media.
Lin stated that the Palestinian factions “agreed to continue this dialogue process so as to achieve Palestinian solidarity and unity at an early date.”
Lin claimed that the Palestinians “highly appreciated China’s unwavering support for the just cause of the Palestinian people in restoring their legitimate national rights,” thanked the Chinese government for its efforts to promote Palestinian internal cohesion, and agreed on topics for future dialogue.
Hamas and Fatah representatives were invited to Beijing by China, according to an article in Arab media last week. In February, a similar summit was held in Moscow, supposedly to create a “unified strategy” against the Israeli military operation in Gaza, but little seems to have happened despite enthusiastic claims that Israel’s actions in Gaza had brought the Palestinians closer together than ever.
A” Palestinian source” who claimed Hamas and Fatah discussed” the importance of unifying the Palestinian position regarding the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, emphasizing the importance of a ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the Strip,” plus the resistance to Israeli” settlers” in the West Bank, was quoted by Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen News, which is widely believed to be affiliated with Hezbollah.
Since Hamas used deadly force to drive Fatah out of Gaza in 2007, there has been conflict between Hamas and Fatah. A masked terrorist made a mocking phone call to then-U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to let her know that Abbas would no longer be available to take her calls, which gave the government victory in the brief but bloody conflict.
Fatah and Hamas have significant ideological differences, with Fatah generally marketing itself as the more reasonable faction, in addition to squabbling over power. Fatah, which is in charge of the West Bank’s Palestinian Authority government, has seen its fortunes decline as a result of the Gaza war’s Palestinians ‘ sympathy for the brutal savages of Hamas.
The far-left New York Times ( NYT ) was surprised to learn that Fatah and Hamas ‘ Beijing dialogue did not amount to much because “power-sharing would require more compromise than is currently conceivable.”
Hamas seems particularly determined to refute the Biden administration’s claims that a” two-state solution” for the Palestinians might be possible if Hamas is firmly entrenched in power or that Fatah could take control of Gaza after Israel ousts Hamas.
China, meanwhile, appears determined to torch its good relations with Israel to build credibility among Muslim nations. China has resisted condemning the Hamas atrocities of October 7 and strongly supports Hamas ‘ demands for a “cease-fire” that would ensure its viability as a military and terrorist force. It also appears willing to accept any criticism Hamas makes against Israel.
Without arranging a rapprochement between Hamas and Fatah to maintain the illusion of a nascent Palestinian” state” with responsible leadership, the Chinese may have realized there is no way to maintain their position as an increasingly powerful superpower and global deal-maker.
According to Arab and Palestinian officials,” the PA, which controls only a small portion of the West Bank, will have to play a role in governing Gaza once the war is over.” However, it is unclear how the relatively secular PA could continue to operate in territory it has lost – both electorally and in terms of control over the ground – to the Islamist militant group until Hamas and Fatah resolve their long-running disagreements, according to the Financial Times (FT ) on Tuesday.
