CAIRO
, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas
, will not sign a national reconciliation agreement unless President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces release Hamas' political prisoners, a senior Hamas leader said here Wednesday. The issue of political detainees needs to find a solution by the end of the ongoing inter-Palestinian national unity dialogue in Cairo
, Hamas leader Ezzat al-Rashq was quoted by the Egyptian MENA news agency as saying. The second round of the inter-Palestinian unity talks, under the sponsorship of Egypt
, entered its second day here on Wednesday. Meanwhile
, Hamas said Wednesday that some 39 activists of the movement have been arrested this week in the West Bank in spite ofthe ongoing dialogue in Cairo. "In spite of the dialogue's atmosphere and the talks about a possible inter-reconciliation, the Palestinian security forces continued its arrest campaign against Hamas activists in the West Bank," the Islamic movement said in a statement. Various Palestinian groups, including rival Fatah and Hamas movements
, resumed meetings on Tuesday to continue their reconciliation talks launched late February in the Egyptian capital. During the meetings on Feb. 26
, the Palestinian groups agreed to set up five committees to work on different issues related to the reconciliation. The five committees are tasked to deal with the issues of forming a Palestinian national unity government, reforming the security services, holding elections, reforming the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and pushing forward the reconciliation. The Palestinian committees were planned to deal with the five major issues from March 10 to 20 in a bid to pave the way for forming a new unity government that would receive broader recognition of the international community. Special Report: Palestine-Israel ConflictsRelated Topics Articles：
