An agreement by the Fatah and Hamas movements to end Palestinian division (Fatah-Hamas Agreement)

• Country/entity

  Palestine
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  An agreement by the Fatah and Hamas movements to end Palestinian division (Fatah-Hamas Agreement)
• Date

  12 Oct 2017
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Hamas-Fatah Conflict (2006 - ) )
• Stage

  Implementation/renegotiation
• Conflict nature

  Inter-group
• Peace process

  Palestine, Intra-Palestian agreements
• Parties

  Leader of Fatah delegation, Azzam al-Ahmad;
  Hamas deputy politburo chief, Salah al-Arouri;
• Third parties

  Government of Egypt (President Abd al-Fatah al-Sisi)
• Description

  Short two-page agreement building on the May 4, 2011, Palestinian National Accord, that includes 6 points. (1) to consolidate the National Reconciliation Government; (2) to come to a solution on the status and salaries of Gazan state employees; (3) for the NRG to take over the border crossings into Gaza; (4) for leaders of PA security services to negotiate the construction of a joint-security service; (5) for another meeting to be held in December 2017, and for a meeting to be held in November 2017 with the explicit agenda to discuss reconciliation procedures.

• Agreement document

  PS_171012_Hamas-Fatah Agreement_E.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  PS_171012_Hamas-Fatah Agreement_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Hamas-Fatah Agreement

12 October 2017

In the name of God the Merciful,

An agreement by the Fatah and Hamas movements to end Palestinian division:

Based on the importance of cementing the principle of national partnership and giving priority to the public interest to achieve the hopes and aspirations of the Palestinian people to end the division, to strengthen the national front and national unity, in order to fulfill the national project and end the occupation and establish a sovereign Palestinian state on all the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of the refugees, with a full commitment to the Basic Law, to maintain a single democratic and pluralistic political system, with a peaceful transfer of power through elections, and the protection of independent national Palestinian decision-making and respect for the sovereignty of states, and to welcome all assistance to the Palestinian people for reconstruction and development through the Palestinian government.

Fatah and Hamas held a series of meetings on October 10-11, 2017, under Egyptian auspices in Cairo, to discuss the issues of national reconciliation.

The two movements agreed on the following:

(1) Completing procedures to enable the National Reconciliation Government (the Palestinian Authority) to fully exercise its functions and carry out its responsibilities in Gaza as it does in the West Bank by December 1, 2017.

(2) For the legal/administrative committee formed by the National Reconciliation Government to quickly find a solution to the issue of Gaza’s [government] employees, before the 1st of February, 2018, with the participation of experts and specialists knowledgeable of the Gaza Strip.

While the committee works, the government will pay employees their salaries as paid to them currently effective November 2017, once the government is able to carry out its administrative and financial powers, including tax collection.

(3) Completing the process of allowing the National Consensus Government to take over all crossings of the Gaza Strip, including enabling Palestinian Authority staff to manage these crossings in full by January 11, 2018.

(4) Leaders of the official security services operating in the State of Palestine will go to the Gaza Strip to discuss ways and mechanisms for rebuilding the security services with relevant parties.

(5) A meeting will be held in Cairo during the first week of December 2017 to assess what progress has been achieved regarding the agreed upon issues.

(6) A meeting will be held on November 14, 2017, for all Palestinian factions that signed the agreement on “Palestinian National Accord” on May 4, 2011, to discuss all the reconciliation items mentioned in the agreement.

Signed by:

Leader of Fatah delegation, Azzam al-Ahmad

Hamas deputy politburo chief, Salah al-Arouri