Representatives of rival Palestinian parties Hamas and Fatah are set to meet again on Thursday after previous talks between the two failed to reach a compromise on forming a coalition government.
The chief of Fatah's parliamentary bloc, Azzam Al Ahmed, stated that Thursday's talks will also aim at "forming of a government," according to the AFP.
Talks between the groups will follow a heated debate of the first Hamas-led parliamentary session, in which Hamas reversed several decisions previously made by Fatah.
Fatah MP's left the session in protest of the move, which definitively weakens the power of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, of the Fatah party.
Hamas representatives are also set to meet with the Palestinian president on Thursday.
Abbas call on international community to continue support for Palestinian people
"The international community should support the Palestinian people and continue its aid in all forms, and not punish them or starve them because of their democratic choices," Abbas said in a statement while in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
The Palestinian leader added that the world should be patient with Hamas as it readjusts to its new political situation.
The international community, he said, "needs to be patient and give Hamas a chance. We cannot force them to make a 180-degree turn."
Abbas also stressed the importance of international support for a Palestinian-Israeli peace process in which an independent Palestinian state would exist alongside an independent Israeli one.
