Palestinian factions to meet in Moscow as west rejects Hamas role in ruling Gaza after war

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Source: The Guardian

Palestinian factions to meet in Moscow as west rejects Hamas role in ruling Gaza after war

Palestinian Authority ‘ready to engage’, says prime minister ahead of talks on formation of new Gaza government

Patrick Wintour in Munich
Sun 18 Feb 2024 17.00 GMT
Last modified on Sun 18 Feb 2024 20.07 GMT

Western powers have rejected suggestions that Hamas as an entity can be allowed a role in governing Gaza at the end of the war, saying only that they recognise that Palestinian militancy will still exist.

Speculation that a weakened Hamas might be willing to form a partnership with the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, and govern Gaza and the West Bank jointly, have been revived by a Russian invitation for Palestinian factions to meet in Moscow on 26 February.

The news of the meeting was confirmed by the Palestinian Authority prime minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, at the Munich security conference.

“We are ready to engage. If Hamas is not, then that’s a different story. We need Palestinian unity,” he said, adding that to be part of that unity, Hamas needed to meet certain prerequisites.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/18/palestinian-factions-to-meet-in-moscow-as-west-rejects-hamas-role-in-ruling-gaza-after-war

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1. What could go wrong in the fuckery capital of the world

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2. Why Moscow????

I distinctly remember the many angry comments I received when I suggested that Russia was involved in the Hamas attack. The Kremlin has gone on a bloodthirsty quest to destroy the west and its' allies. No doubt in my mind.

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3. Putin is maneuvering for the middle ground, not hardline pro-Palestinian like China,

but not all-in for Israel. Russia is on Team Iran, but still has diplomatic relations with Israel.

At the same time, Russia is pushing a narrative to the global south that
the West's support for Ukraine but not the Palestinians shows that
it only cares about White people.

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4. Included in the

"Ukraine aid package" that our president has been trying to pass through Congress is millions for Israel as well as millions in humanitarian aid for Palestinians. It is the republicans, and by extension Putin, who killed passage of this aid package and therefore the real racists. Democrats need to scream this from the hilltops.