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Egypt has presented its project for the Palestinian national dialogue, referring to common areas of interest related to the political agenda, the activation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the reconstruction of the security forces. This took place after consultations with various active Palestinian factions and after a reminder to the different parties of the importance of agreement, the sensitivity of the current conditions and the consequences of failure to secure Palestinian rights. However, the Palestinian national dialogue did not even begin as scheduled on 9 November 2008, when the Hamas and the Egyptian government blamed each other. The Egyptian government, accused Hamas of deliberately hampering the start of the dialogue. Hamas accused the Egyptians of attempting to impose conditions and also of taking an unacceptably biased stand in favour of the other party. In spite of the fact that the national dialogue did not start, the dialogue between Hamas and Egypt did not stop over a number of issues, such as the Rafah crossing point, the truce and the right circumstances to start the national dialogue. So, what prevented the Palestinian factions from meeting in Cairo? Are there be any other opportunities? What are the repercussions for the failure to start the dialogue?_
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