Almotamar.net - Yemen's ambassador to Egypt and its permanent delegate to the Arab League Dr Abdulwali al-Shamiri announced Sunday that the Arab League has adopted the initiative of President Ali Abdullah Saleh concerning healing the rift between the Palestinian brethren.

Ambassador al-Shamiri said the Yemeni delegation led by Dr Abubakr al-Qirbi, the Foreign Minister has succeeded in urging the League and its foreign ministerial council during its latest meeting towards adopting the initiative of President Saleh of all its seven points for reconciliation among the Palestinian brethren and resumption of dialogue between the movements of Fatah and Hamas.

The Yemeni ambassador indicated that the Palestinian delegation participating in the Arab League Foreign Ministers Council session blessed the Yemeni initiative. He also disclosed that all Arab countries delegates to the Arab League announced their support for the Yemeni initiative and considered it as the safest groundwork for healing the Palestinian rift.

It is to be recalled that the Yemeni initiative includes seven points stipulating the return to the situations in Gaza to before Hamas control on the authority institutions there, holding early elections, resuming dialogue based on the basis of Cairo agreement in 2005 and Mecca agreement in 2007 on the basis that the Palestinian people are inseparable entirety and that the Palestinian authority is composed of the elected presidential authority, the elected parliament and the executive power represented by the government of national unity and the commitment to the Palestinian legitimacy with all of its components.

The initiative also stipulates respect of the Palestinian constitution and law and to abide by them by all and to rebuilding the security apparatuses on national bases so that they follow the higher authority and government of the national unity government and no faction should have any relation with it.

The initiative also stipulated that all Palestinian institutions should be without any factional distinction and to be subject to the higher authority and the national unity government.