Members of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Israel are scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday.
The meeting was scheduled after the committee decided it should try to help mediate between Hamas andFatah in the Palestinians' latest political crisis .
The committee intends to call on both sides to increase negotiation efforts. The committee also intended to meet with former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, but due to the difficulties entering Gaza, such a meeting has not been scheduled yet.
"We sent Abu Mazen (Abbas) a letter and he responded favorably… We intend to meet with the Palestinian leadership and show our support for a national dialogue," Shawki Hatib, chairman of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee told Ynet Saturday.
MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) doesn't hold much hope for the meeting's influence on the situation in the Palestinian Authority.
"There are many mediators," he said. "Being a part of the Palestinian people, we just want to do our share and show our concern."