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Summary The United States has reacted coolly to the reconciliation accord.
Palestinian leaders formally ended a four-year rift between secular Fatah and the Islamist Hamas at a ceremony in Egypt on Wednesday (May 4).In his speech to the gathering, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said that Hamas sought a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza devoid of any Israeli settlers and without giving up a single inch of land or the right of return of Palestinian refugees.Meanwhile, the Palestinians view reconciliation as an essential step toward presenting a common front at the United Nations and a reflection of a deep-seated public desire to end the internal schism amid popular revolts that have swept the Arab world.
