Palestinian leaders to restore national unity

 

Palestinian nationalist and Islamist factions are considering holding an all-inclusive conference aimed at restoring national unity, a member of the political bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said.

 

Mahir At-Tahir said in a press statement that exiled Palestinian leaders in Damascus, including those of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have already been holding meetings discussing ways of ending the current state of division in Palestinian society.

 

The slogan of the proposed conference would be "restoring unity and sticking to the inalienable principles and rights."

 

At-Tahir said contacts with various factions in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as well as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who are not PLO members, are ongoing.