In Israel and the Occupied Territories, Hamas has voiced support for an Egyptian plan on Palestinian national reconciliation. Egypt says it will invite Hamas and rival Palestinian faction Fatah to Cairo for unity talks next month. The two groups have feuded since Hamas routed Fatah forces in Gaza two years ago to prevent a US-backed coup against Hamas’s democratic election. On Monday, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority to end security cooperation with the US and Israel.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal: “I call for the immediate end to security coordination with the Israelis and an end to working and coordination under the Dayton Accords, which are altering the culture and Palestinian conscience and lead to a Palestinian people with no identity and no ideology. And we call for them to go back to the beginning, to the original option, which was resistance.”