AFP | Feb 09,2012 | 22:57
GAZA CITY — A committee on freedom of movement and expression set up under a Palestinian reconciliation agreement has suspended its work in Gaza, one of its members said Wednesday.

Khalil Abu Shamala, general secretary of the Committee on Civil Liberties, said the decision was taken in protest at the failure of the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fateh, to implement its recommendations, including a prisoner swap between the old rivals.

“After more than a month of work by the committee, we decided yesterday [Tuesday] to freeze our work and not resume meetings until implementation of the recommendations we have made to both parties,” he told AFP.

Ismail Al Ashqar, a Hamas leader who is also a committee member, accused Fateh of dragging its feet.

“We hear words, but on the ground reality is totally different. I can say that what we have obtained from Fateh in order to resolve the outstanding issues is an absolute zero,” he told the Hamas newspaper Palestine.

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