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Hamas ready for talks with rival Hamas ready for talks with rival
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Hamas says that it has agreed to hold reconciliation talks with its Palestinian rival, Fatah. The Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, has said it has agreed to hold reconciliation talks with the rival Fatah group of President Mahmoud Abbas.
It suggested that it might be ready to relinquish control of Gaza, which it seized from Fatah in June in a statement post on a website. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya suggested it might be willing to relinquish control of Gaza, which it seized from Fatah in June, in a statement on its website.
It came from Ismail Haniya, who was prime minister in the Hamas-led government that was declared void after Hamas-Fatah clashes this summer. Mr Haniya said his group's control of the coastal territory was "temporary".
Mr Haniya said the talks would be held in an Arab capital. Mr Abbas has ruled out reconciliation with Hamas until it gives up the Gaza Strip and submits to his authority.
His statement also said that Hamas control of Gaza was temporary. After Hamas ejected Fatah from Gaza, Mr Abbas declared Mr Haniya's coalition government void and appointed a new prime minister.
The Palestinian president and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas has ruled out reconciliation with Hamas until it gives up Gaza. "There is a serious movement in the realm of Palestinian dialogue and we have agreed to hold a dialogue with Fatah in one of the Arab capitals," Mr Haniya said in the statement.
"Our administration in Gaza is temporary," he added.
A Fatah official in Gaza told the Reuters news agency that he could not immediately confirm that the reconciliation talks would take place, but another official said they might happen as early as next week in Cairo.