Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal (L) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: Jewish Policy Center.

Jerusalem Post – The US appears to have softened its opposition to unity between Fatah and Hamas, a top Fatah official in the West Bank said Monday.

Azzam al-Ahmed, a member of the Fatah Central Committee and a senior adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, said that US opposition to the unity idea was “less strong.”

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