Gaza power-sharing deal moves ahead with parliament meeting
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lawmakers from Hamas and those affiliated with a former Gaza strongman have met for the first time in a decade in Gaza's parliament building.
Thursday's meeting was the latest sign that an emerging Gaza power-sharing deal between the territory's Hamas rulers and Mohammed Dahlan, a former leader in the rival Fatah party, is moving forward.
It also underscored a deepening rift in Fatah, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Dahlan fell out with Abbas in 2010.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dahlan was to join the meeting in parliament by video conference from exile in the United Arab Emirates.
The legislature has been idled since Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces, then under Dahlan's command, and took over Gaza in 2007.
Under a new deal, Dahlan is to use his foreign ties to help end Gaza's border blockade.