Abbas meets Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara

In light of the upcoming meeting of the general secretaries of the factions in Cairo at the end of July, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh met in the Turkish capital Ankara.

The meeting was called in response to an official request from the Palestinian President to discuss internal Palestinian issues, particularly those in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as the ongoing war with Israel.

In a statement released following the meeting, Mousa Abu Marzook, a senior Hamas official said: “During the meeting with our brothers in Fatah, we consulted on several issues related to the Palestinian national impasse and the challenges facing the Palestinian cause,”.