Hamas asks for reconciliation with Fatah. Fatah refuses. Why?

However, as we speak it is only Hamas that gave the announcement while Ramallah is quiet- the Fatah sites only quote Hamas on the issue. It is reported that Hanna Nasser from Ramallah is about to go to Gaza in order to decide on the time of the elections.

Our sources in Ramallah confirmed to us that they agreed only on the PNC elections, not the PLC and not the president. They say that in the Istanbul meeting the only positive outcome was that Hamas accepted the principle that the PLO is the only representative of the Palestinians, hence the Hamas joining the PLO is the materialization of this principle.

The lack of trust between Hamas and Fatah is so deep to the point that in Ramallah, they try to understand what was behind the change in mood in Hamas – only a short time ago they foiled the Cairo…