The full text of the agreement on the guidelines of the political program of the Palestinian national unity government that was signed on September 11, 2006
Al Quds Newspaper on October 8, 2006

The following is the full text of the agreement on the guidelines of the political program of the national unity government that was signed on September 11, 2006, which after some time Hamas Movement demanded to make amendments on some of its items, especially on the signed agreements and the Arab peace initiative:

"Based on what came in the national conciliation document which was signed by the Presidency and the government and the PLC and the forces and factions which are considered the reference of our people regarding their cause at this phase, and in honor to the martyrs and prisoners and injured and the deportees and in honor to the sacrifices of our Palestinian people and to protect their rights and maintain their national constants and to affirm the national unity of the Palestinian people and translate the principle of partnership on real grounds, the program of the government shall include the following:

1- The government stresses on the right of the Palestinian people in action and struggle to liberate their land and end the occupation using all the legitimate means and to remove the settlements and the apartheid wall and to establish the Palestinian independent state with full sovereignty on all Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 with geographical contiguity with al-Quds as its capital.

2- The government supports and encourages all efforts that are exerted to conclude all what has been agreed upon in Cairo in March 2005 in relation to the development and activation of the PLO which is the legitimate and sole representative of the Palestinian people and affirms on the need to accelerate the measures and procedures towards this end before the end of this year.

3- The government respects the agreements signed by the PLO which is the political reference of the PNA in a manner that protects the higher interests and rights of the Palestinian people.

4- The government shall assist the President of the PNA in setting a Palestinian plan for political moves to achieve the national goals on the basis of the Arab initiative and the resolution of international legitimacy pertaining to the Palestinian cause in a manner that doesn’t affect the rights of the Palestinian people.

5- The government and the presidency shall cooperate to lift the oppressive siege imposed on our people and the government shall work to lift the siege with all possible efforts and to mobilize Arab, Islamic and international political, financial, economic and humanitarian support.

6- To work on releasing all prisoners and detainees without any exception or discrimination and to work for the return of the deportees to their homes.

7- The government stresses on the right of return and clings to it and calls on the international community to implement what came in Resolution 194 pertaining to the right of return of the Palestinian refugees and to compensate them.
The government shall work also on doubling the efforts to support and care and defend the rights of the Palestinian refugees.

8- The higher negotiations committee shall be reformulated in a manner that reinforces political partnership and protects the national interests."

The agreement was signed by Ahmad "Abu Maher" Halles, one of Fatah leading figures in Gaza Strip, and Jamal Mahmoud Abu Hashem, one of Hamas leading figures in Gaza Strip, and Dr. Ziad Abu Amro, a PLC member (independent), in addition to Rawhi Fattouh, the representative of the President in the dialogue.

Published at Al Quds Newspaper on October 8, 2006