GAZA, June 18 (Xinhua) -- A senior Islamic Hamas movement's official announced on Friday that Egypt and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) have accepted in principle his movement's proposals to achieve reconciliation.
Ismail Haneya, deposed prime minister of Hamas government in Gaza, presented to Arab League (AL) chief Amr Moussa during his one-day visit to Gaza early this week new ideas to enhance and achieve the inter-Palestinian reconciliation.
Salah al-Bardaweel, a Gaza-based Hamas leader, said in a press statement that Moussa and Abbas discussed the new ideas for reconciliation based on the fact that Hamas' reservations over the Egyptian reconciliation pact are "essential."
"Moussa promised that the Arab League would intervene to urge Egypt to draft a proper form of reconciliation by adding an appendix that includes Hamas notes and a mechanism for implementation," said al-Bardaweel.
He said Hamas has not been officially informed that its proposals were accepted, adding "Moussa contacted Haneya and informed him that the PNA and Egypt have accepted Hamas' new ideas. "
"So far we can't say that something concrete has been finalized, " al-Bardaweel said, adding "But we reiterated the fact that we have to isolate the issue of lifting the Israeli siege from reconciliation."
Bardaweel declined to talk about the proposals but stressed that a practical mechanism for the application of the Hamas reservations on some items of the Egypt-brokered reconciliation pact was included.
In October last year, Egypt, which sponsored the inter- Palestinian dialogue, presented a reconciliation pact to the rival Palestinian factions.
Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the pact, but Hamas said it has reservations that need to be reconsidered.
Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip following two weeks of bloody street fighting with Abbas' security forces in June 2007. Efforts to reconcile the two feuding groups have so far failed.
