Egypt remains sole sponsor of Palestinian reconciliation

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party said Monday that Egypt remains the sole sponsor of the Palestinian national reconciliation.

The remarks came after Egyptian media reported that Abbas wants Turkey to mediate between Fatah and Islamic Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip to push the long-stalled Palestinian internal reconciliation forward.

"There is no alternative to the Egyptian Intelligence Service as the only sponsor of the reconciliation," said Jamal Muhissen, a member of Fatah's Central Committee.

Muhissen added that the Egyptian intelligence has been working "neutrally" to bury the hatchet between the Palestinian factions since Hamas took over Gaza by force in 2007.

Earlier, Egypt's Al-Ahram daily said that Abbas wants Turkey to get involved in the mediation because Cairo has become biased in favor of Hamas, which shares the same root of the Muslim Brotherhood group.

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