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Fatah official admits U.S. vetoes national Palestinian dialogue_English_Xinhua

Fatah official admits U.S. vetoes national Palestinian dialogue_English_Xinhua: "RAMALLAH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A leader from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Sunday admitted that Washington vetoes talks between Fatah and its rival Hamas movement.

Azzam al-Ahmad, the head of Fatah parliamentary bloc, said that he doesn't deny 'a consistent American veto and interference in the internal Palestinian affairs.'

However, al-Ahmad accused Hamas of 'boosting and strengthening that veto' by rejecting to start immediate talks and give up control on the Gaza Strip.

The Gaza takeover by force last year complicated ties between Hamas and Fatah, the biggest Palestinian factions. Hamas tightened its grip on Gaza while Fatah responded by consolidating the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rule in the West Bank.

Egypt mediates between the Palestinian factions to launch a national Palestinian dialogue to end the split between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Al-Ahmad said that Abbas 'seeks the dialogue and wants to establish a national reconciliation though some parties don't want so,' adding that Hamas 'has no true intentions to start the dialogue.'

According to al-Ahmad, hardliners among Hamas leaders want to establish an Islamic rule in the Gaza Strip and prepare for expanding this rule to the West Bank a"

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