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The Fatah–Hamas Doha Agreement was a reconciliation attempt between Fatah and
Hamas The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...
, signed on 7 February 2012. The parties agreed to form an interim national consensus government composed of independent technocrats, to prepare for upcoming elections. It would be led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The envisioned government did not materialize.


The Agreement

The Fatah–Hamas Doha agreement was signed on 7 February 2012 by President
Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas (; born 15 November 1935), also known by the Kunya (Arabic), kunya Abu Mazen (, ), is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the President of the Palestinian National Authority, P ...
and Hamas chief Khaled Mashal in the presence of
Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...
's emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, intended to end the Fatah–Hamas conflict. President Mahmoud Abbas would head a unity caretaker cabinet. The Cabinet would be composed of independent technocrats. The task of the new government would be the preparation for upcoming elections and also overseeing reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip. Abbas initially wanted Salam Fayyad as PM, but this was rejected by Hamas.''Abbas to head Palestinian unity government''
Al Jazeera, 7 February 2012 Both parties considered PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Hamas' Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to become Abbas' deputies.''Netanyahu: PA President Must Choose Between Peace With Israel and Peace With Hamas''
Barak Ravid, Haaretz, 6 Februari 2012 While the European Union supported the Palestinian reconciliation and elections as important steps toward an eventual Israeli–Palestinian peace deal, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the agreement, saying it would be impossible to reach peace with a government that included Hamas. He said "It is either peace with Hamas or peace with Israel. You can't have them both". On 18 February 2012, Abbas drew anger from Hamas by declaring that "the next government will remain committed to the obligations and agreements signed by the Palestine Liberation Organisation". According to Hamas, the remarks violated the agreements because the next government would be a national unity government, which "is everyone's government, not one of a particular political group ndhas no political program".''New Palestinian government will respect PLO accords, Abbas says''
. AFP/Al Arabiya, 19 February 2012


Aftermath

In May 2012, Hamas and Fatah signed a further agreement in Cairo for new unity government and implementation of Palestinian elections, three and a half months after the Doha agreement. The new Cairo agreement essentially took steps to carry out the previous Doha agreement, particularly the registering of new voters in the Gaza Strip and the formation of an interim government.
New York Times, 20 May 2012


See also

* Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process * Fatah–Hamas Mecca Agreement * List of Middle East peace proposals


External links


Text of the Hamas-Fatah Agreement
UN Peacemaker


References

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