"Waiting for reconciliation."
بإنتظار #المصالحة ☺️
Israeli and Palestinian peace talks fell apart this week after rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation deal on Wednesday, April 23, to end the infighting that has divided Hamas-controlled Gaza and the Fatah-controlled West Bank since 2007. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the next day announced the suspension of already-rocky negotiations with Fatah, spearheaded by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in retaliation for Fatah's re-alliance with the more extreme Hamas, with whom Israel does not officially negotiate.
The Palestinian leadership celebrated the unity deal as a success. Hamas and Fatah, however, have long-standing differences over domestic Palestinian politics and the decades-long conflict with Israel to achieve an independent Palestinian state.
#غزة #فلسطين
As with Israeli-Palestinian talks, the rival Palestinian factions have agreed to similar deals that, for complex domestic and regional reasons, have collapsed. Here's a 2011 headline: "Finally... we agreed."
The deal didn't last long. Here's a near identical headline and photo from 2012, announcing another (eventually failed) deal.
Reactions to the news of #المصالحة_الفلسطينية [Palestinian reconciliation] ranged from the hopeful to the upset — with a heavy dose of fatigue and suspicion over the cycle of politicians promising peace deals, which subsequently fall apart.
#اهل_فلسطين_يعملو_فلو_لبعض #المصالحة
"If the Palestinian reconciliation fails, we feel like: not a surprise."
#المصالحة_الفلسطينية هتفشل مش اذا فشلت
"Brothers no matter what."
أخوة مهما صار #مصالحة
Playing with the Arabic, the removal of the final letter turns the word for reconciliation into interests.
ركبوها يمكن تزبط ... وعنجد يصير تطبيق ع أرض الواقع الها في أقرب وقت ..... #المصالحة #فلسطين
"Reconciliation brings us together."
#المصالحة_تجمعنا #المصالحة #المصالح خربشة : ميسرة محمد
"Waiting for the people to be screwed."
صباحكم #مصالحة.
"I'm afraid it will turn out to be just gas, just like every time," the man says to the woman, labeled reconciliation.
كاريكاتير للفنانة: أمية جحا #المصالحة #المصالحة_الفلسطينية
There is one new theme to this year's round of reconciliation talks: The Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah) and Ismail Haniya (Hamas) selfie. "A sweet and historic reconciliation, but what a loss. There aren't Arab leaders free to celebrate with us."
#العربي_الجديد | #كاريكاتير عماد حجاج - #المصالحة_الفلسطينية في زمن الربيع العربي. http://t.co/khkZaIHFeM