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Palestinians seek end to Lebanon fighting peacefully
Palestinian leaders on Monday sought to end a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militant group holed up in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon.
Abu Emad al-Refaie, the Lebanon representative of Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, said the Palestinian factions had yet to agree on how to "end the phenomenon of Fatah al-Islam peacefully". "This is what requires more discussion," he said.
The Lebanese government has demanded the handing over of Fatah al-Islam militants. It accuses the group of starting the conflict by attacking army positions around Nahr al-Bared and the northern city of Tripoli. "We have not discussed the matter of handing them over," Refaie said. The factions had agreed other points including the formation of a Palestinian committee to shore up security in the camp, he said. Osama Hamdan, the Lebanon representative of Hamas, declined to comment on the progress of the talks.
Abu Emad al-Refaie, the Lebanon representative of Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, said the Palestinian factions had yet to agree on how to "end the phenomenon of Fatah al-Islam peacefully". "This is what requires more discussion," he said.
The Lebanese government has demanded the handing over of Fatah al-Islam militants. It accuses the group of starting the conflict by attacking army positions around Nahr al-Bared and the northern city of Tripoli. "We have not discussed the matter of handing them over," Refaie said. The factions had agreed other points including the formation of a Palestinian committee to shore up security in the camp, he said. Osama Hamdan, the Lebanon representative of Hamas, declined to comment on the progress of the talks.
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The Lebanese authorities say Fatah al-Islam includes Arabs from Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria and Lebanon. Saudi Ambassador Abdul-Aziz Khojah said four Saudi militants with Fatah al-Islam had been killed in the fighting. He told the pan-Arab al-Hayat newspaper on Sunday that members of the group from several Arab nationalities shared the ideology of al Qaeda.
Refaie said: "The military solution is no longer an option."
The main Palestinian factions in Lebanon including the Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) are commissioned for the negotiations.