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The New Reconciliation Agreement:Reconciliation Agreement • October 17th, 2017
On October 12, 2017, Fatah and Hamas delegations signed a new reconciliation agreement in Cairo. In essence, this agreement constitutes a commitment to implement the reconciliation agreement signed by the two organizations in 2011. Within the framework of this agreement, both parties agreed to the establishment of a national unity government that would be a government of technocrats and would not incorporate political figures. It was also agreed that within one year, elections would be held for the presidency, the Palestinian Legislative Council, and the PLO’s Palestinian National Council (PNC). These elections are to be coordinated by a Central Elections Committee consisting of judges agreed to by both sides. It was also decided that Hamas would join the PLO; that in the meantime, security control in the West Bank would be under the Palestinian Authority and in the Gaza Strip under Hamas; that a security committee would be established to coordinate between the two sides; and that both
