Over the past 13 years, the two rivals have reached several agreements and understandings. The last one was brokered by Egypt in October 2017, when both agreed on moving power in the coastal enclave to the Palestinian Authority.
However, they failed to implement the agreement because of deep differences over security affairs and payment of salaries to civil servants that Hamas has appointed.
Differences mounted after they traded accusations on who was responsible for attacking the convoy of former Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah by a roadside bomb in northern Gaza Strip in 2018.
In April 2019, Abbas asked Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye to form a new government without consultation with Hamas.
Hani al-Masri, director of the Ramallah-based Masarat Center for Research and Studies, said that the joint online conference between Fatah and Hamas leaders "showed a possibility for the two sides to work jointly despite their internal feuds."
"There is a need to make more practical steps to end the internal division," al-Masri said.
However, he expressed concerns that the current rapprochement between Fatah and Hamas might be just a tactic to exert more pressure on Israel.
The Palestinians and the international community opposed Netanyahu's plan to annex parts of the West Bank, considering it as a violation of the international law.
Talal Oukal, Gaza-based political analyst, said that the annexation plan "can be an important step for the Palestinians towards ending 13 years of the internal division."
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