Independent Gazans back Cairo national dialogue

Tuesday November 04, 2008 14:03 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

For the fourth day consecutively, independent Palestinian residents and dignitaries in Gaza sit-in in central Gaza city , in a bid of support the Palestinian national unity talks underway in Cairo.

Crowds of people head for a special tent in Gaza's Unknown Soldier square early in the morning until the evening hours, calling on talks' participants to have a successful dialogue for the best of Palestinian national interests.

Yaser Alwadiya, a principal organizer, said in a statement, emailed to media outlets, that the sit-in tent is set to demand those negotiating that reaching a deal on national unity has become an imperative.

The statement read that the parties involved has a historical responsibility on their shoulders that they should renounce all forms of division and split , so that a unity of the people can be maintained.

In November10, representatives of 12 Palestinian factions involving the rival Fatah and Hamas parties will be meeting in Cairo, in the framework of Egyptian-mediated efforts to end current division.

In June2007, the Hamas party took over Gaza amidst factional fighting with the Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas outlawed Hamas and formed a caretaker government in Ramallah.

The expected talks are meant to end an internationally-enforced embargo as well as an Israeli crippling blockade on Gaza since the Hamas party took power after 2006's parliamentary elections.

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