Leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have signed a declaration aimed at ending division and strengthening unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 14 Palestinian factions are due to be represented at a meeting with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It comes after days of talks to discuss reconciliation efforts to end around 17 years of political splits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tensions have been rising between Fatah and Hamas over the latter’s continued war with Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who leads the Fatah movement, has previously criticised the Islamist group for the war, while Hamas has accused the Palestinian president of taking Israel’s side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two main Palestinian factions have been at odds since Hamas won legislative elections in 2006 and took over the Gaza Strip in 2007 after a brief civil war in which it routed the Western-backed Palestinian forces loyal to Abbas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Efforts since 2007 by Arab countries, led by Egypt, have so far failed to end power-sharing disputes between Hamas, which runs Gaza, and the Fatah movement of Abbas, which makes the backbone of the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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