Away from the media, the meeting started at eight o'clock amid an atmosphere of uncertainty regarding the security file that is considered the biggest obstacle to a comprehensive reconciliation between the two parties.
An informed Palestinian source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the atmosphere of the talks was positive, but the opportunities for reconciliation are few because of the sensitivity of the security file and pointed out that Fatah delegation wanted to discuss Egypt's paper and Hamas had no objection to that.
The source added that there are four main headings are on the agenda of these meeting, most importantly, the rebuilding of the security apparatuses and the formation of the higher security commission.
He noted that the security commission constitutes a big problem for Fatah faction because it enables Hamas, as Fatah will do in Gaza, to have access to the upper echelons of the West Bank security apparatuses.
As for Israel's threats against Fatah if it reconciled with Hamas, the source said "if Israelis opposed the Fatah's agreement with Hamas, the ball would be in the court of Fatah, either to be independent and have free positions or to be subordinate and hostage to the Israeli pressures.
In this regard the PIC was informed by Palestinian political sources in Ramallah city that Egyptian director of intelligence instructed lately de facto president Mahmoud Abbas to make the national reconciliation with Hamas an endless process yielding no results exactly as Israel does with the peace process.
In a separate incident, security militias from the Fatah-controlled Palestinian authority kidnapped three Palestinian university students affiliated with Hamas in Deir Al-Ghusun town, north of Tulkarem, after violent raids on their homes on Tuesday evening.
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