Palestinian Groups Meet 巴勒斯坦各政党会面

By Jon Donnison, BBC News

Palestinian leaders after their meeting in Cairo.

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Background: 巴勒斯坦民族权力机构法塔赫和伊斯兰抵抗运动哈马斯两方在进行面谈后，就建立新联合政府达成共识并结束近5年的意见分歧。

Fatah in power in the West Bank and Hamas who govern in Gaza have been at loggerheads, sometimes violently, for almost five years.

Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshaal met for the first time in six months to try and re-ignite a unity deal that never got off the ground when it was proposed back in May.

There was a lot of positive talk. President Abbas said there were no longer any differences between the two sides. Mr Meshaal said a new page in partnership had been turned.

But many will perceive these talks as having ended in failure. The substance Palestinians will have been looking for was not there. There was no news on the possible makeup of a new interim unity government to work towards elections next year.

That issue seems to remain a major sticking point. They did agree to hold more talks in a month's time but many Palestinians, who've been waiting for political unity for years, will not be holding their breath.