CAIRO-9 February 2020: A leader of the Palestinian Fatah Movement, Ayman Al-Raqb, said that the Egyptian state has been exerting great efforts for 16 years to solve the Palestinian issue. Al-Raqb added, in a telephone interview, that the discussions on the Palestinian issue currently taking place Cairo call for a great deal of optimism, adding: "We need now to restore security to the Palestinian people by holding elections in the coming period." The leader of the Palestinian movement explained that there is currently a division within Fatah, between two streams, the first represented by Muhammad Dahlan, and the other represented by Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen. The Palestinians have suffered from Hamas movement throughout the previous periods, so the people of Gaza will tend to choose their candidates from Fatah movement in the coming elections. Egypt also heads urgent Arab League peace talks, as the country called for a convention at the level of foreign minister on the same day, where the Arab foreign ministers a 12-item decision regarding the Palestinian cause.

Source: Egypt Today February 09, 2021 14:03 UTC