Ramallah: The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) concluded in its final political report at the end of the sixth session of the Front’s central committee that the practical experiment has undoubtedly proven that reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas is not possible.

The front highlighted the importance of finding another path to handle the Palestinian division, arguing that the whole issue should be handled at another higher level of the Palestinian leadership.

“The bilateral solution to the rift between Fatah and Hamas has proven time and again that it is not possible and that the two factions are not capable of bridging their gap and ending their division,” said the report. “Both sides, Fatah and Hamas, lack the necessary political will and management to end the division.”

The DFLP said that few people in control of the two factions have been in total control of the entire scene and those people have been giving priority to their factional and party interests without paying any attention to the higher Palestinian national interests.

“The Palestinian higher leadership only should take care of the reconciliation issue and force its decisions and resolutions on both sides to end the division,” said the front. “The higher framework leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation should take the initiative and take the necessary decisions on the current serious issues on the Palestinian front.”

The DFLP called for the launch of Palestinian national and comprehensive dialogue addressing future claims and responsibilities. The front highlighted the importance of Palestinians coming up with and adopting new policies and strategies that would secure the whole of Palestine in a single entity.

The front said that the Israel ceasefire deal in Gaza did not secure an end of Israeli hostile acts in the West Bank, the occupied East Jerusalem and the 1948 areas. On the contrary, it said, Israeli hostile acts have risen sharply in those areas.

The front argued that the peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians have stalled and so the Palestinian leadership is currently at the crossroads with several choices to make. Any of those choices will definitely give the Palestinian cause a new path and direction, the Front said, stating that the Palestinian people have a leadership problem.

“No doubt that reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas has reached a deadlock and becomes impossible,” said the Front, adding that the Palestinian security apparatus should suspend its security coordination with Israeli with immediate effect and also that security forces should also stop the containment of the popular movement in the Occupied Territories.

Halting security coordination between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel has been a key popular call in the Palestinian territories and this choice has been addressed by the Palestinian leadership in its Ramallah meeting to address the death of the Palestinian cabinet minister Ziad Abu Ain. Senior Palestinian official have threatened to halt security coordination with Israel in response to the death.

Responding to Palestinian threats, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon said that Israel would be fine should security coordination with the PNA be discontinued.

“The security coordination is more important for the PNA than for us,” Ya’alon told Israeli Channel 2 news. “We will be fine without it. These are idle threats.”

Jibril Al Rajoub, a senior Fatah official and an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, announced in wake of the death of Abu Ain that the PNA would half security coordination with Israel.