Rival Palestinian – The two groups visited China to engage in an in-depth and candid dialogue on the outlook, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said. He did not specify when the meeting took place.
“The two sides fully expressed their political will to achieve reconciliation through dialogue and consultation, discussed many specific issues, and made positive progress,” he added.
“China and Palestine share a traditional friendship. We support Palestinian factions to achieve reconciliation and increase solidarity through dialogue and consultation. “We will continue to actively work toward that end.” Representatives of the two groups, as well as other political factions, met in Moscow earlier this year to discuss the possible formation of a unified Palestinian government.
After defeating Fatah in 2007, Hamas has been the de facto ruler in Gaza since 2007, when it defeated President Mahmoud Abbas’s long-dominant party in parliamentary elections and expelled its rival from the enclave over its refusal to recognize the result. of the vote.
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The Fatah-led Palestinian Authority has limited autonomy in the areas it administers in the occupied West Bank.Rival Palestinian
China has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause and supported a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Beijing has been calling for an immediate ceasefire since the start of the Israel-Gaza war in October, when a Hamas offensive killed about 1,139 people, according to Israeli counts. Hamas and other armed groups also took about 250 captives during the offensive, and dozens of people remain detained in Gaza.
In response, Israeli forces have killed at least 34,535 people in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, according to the coastal enclave’s Health Ministry.Rival Palestinian