Palestinian Agreement at Mecca
(February 8, 2007)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate,
"Glory to God who did take His servant for a journey by night from the
sacred mosque to the farthest mosque whose precincts we did bless." [Koranic
verse]
Based on the noble initiative announced by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King
Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz, king of the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia, and
under his majesty's generous auspices, Palestinian dialogues of accord and
agreement were held in holy Mecca between Fatah and HAMAS 19-21 Muharram
1428 Hegira, corresponding to 6-8 February 2007. And with God's help, these
dialogues achieved success, as agreement was reached on the following:
First, stressing the sanctity of Palestinian blood and taking all steps to
prevent bloodshed, while emphasizing the importance of national unity as a
basis for national steadfastness and resistance against the occupation, in
addition to achieving legitimate national aims of the Palestinian people and
espousing the language of dialogue as the sole foundation for resolving
political disagreements on the Palestinian scene. In this context, we offer
our profound gratitude to the brothers in sisterly Egypt and the Egyptian
security delegation in Gaza, who exerted great efforts to pacify the
situation in the sector recently.
Second, agreeing on forming a Palestinian national unity government in
accordance with a detailed agreement approved by the two parties, and
urgently take the constitutional procedures to bolster it.
Third, proceeding with developing and re-forming the PLO and speeding up the
preliminary committee's work in accordance with the Cairo and Damascus
understandings. And agreement was reached on detailed steps between the two
sides in this connection.
Fourth, stressing the political partnership principle on the basis of the
laws applied by the Palestinian
National Authority and political pluralism,
based on an agreement endorsed by the two sides. While we announce this
agreement to our Palestinian masses, the masses of our Arab and Islamic
nation, all friends worldwide, we emphasize our commitment to it, in letter
and spirit, in order to focus on achieving our national aims, getting rid of
the occupation, restoring our rights, and focusing on the main issues, first
and foremost the Jerusalem and refugee issues, Al-Aqsa
Mosque issue, the
prisoners issue, the detainees issue, and tackling the [security] fence and settlement issue.
It is God who grants success.
Sources: Middle East News Service |