Hamas political bureau head Khaled Mash'al said in Saudi Arabia that Hamas is in the final stages of the reconciliation with Fatah, and that everyone agrees that the signing will take place in Cairo, but at the same time the document must be changed so that it meets everyone's demands.
Saudi commentator Jamal Khashoggi said that the reconciliation agreement might be signed within a week or two.
Mash'al denied that Iran had asked him to send Hamas activists to help the Houthis in their war against Yemen and Saudi Arabia, and clarified that Hamas' good relations with Iran served the Palestinian cuaase, and that he would not let these relations harm the security of the Arab countries.
Source: Palestine-info.info; maannews.net, January 4, 2010; Al-Quds, Jerusalem, January 3, 2010
