DAVOS: Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Friday the Palestinian Authority and Hamas could build on a “de facto” agreement on security.
Politicians from the Palestinian Authority have consistently said, “There can be no political pluralism but not pluralism on the matter of security, no tolerance to violence,” Fayyad said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“Look at what is happening in Gaza at the moment — it is clear that Hamas has been trying to prevent attacks on Israel, it is no secret, it has been trying to do that, it is not saying it is doing it but it is doing it,” said the prime minister.
“I believe there is a point of agreement, an advantage that should be taken, it is key,” he said. “Why can’t we as a whole, a Palestinian whole, make that policy and say to the world: This is Palestinians subscribing to this policy and let us see what they can do politically,” he asked.
He noted that dealing with security issues has been “as important, even more important than coming to terms on the political program.”
Fayyad has criticized the fact that the world was not insisting enough on “democratic values” in its approach of the Gaza problem, notably the refusal of Hamas to hold elections.
He reiterated that “reunification” is a condition for a global Palestinian solution: There must be a “state in Gaza and in the West Bank, with East Jerusalem as capital.”
Meanwhile, speaking at the forum King Abdallah of Jordan said his country does not want to rule the West Bank and that the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the only viable option.
“Jordan does not want any part of the West Bank,” the king said.
“The only credible solution, is the two-state solution. There is no Jordanian solution,” he said.
