THE POLITICAL EDITOR OF SPA WROTE THE FOLLOWING: "THE SAUDI OFFICIALS HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH GREAT CONCERN THE PALESTINIAN, ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS VIS-A-VIS THE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MAKKAH BY HAMAS AND FATAH MOVEMENTS LAST THURSDAY EVENING UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ. THE WARM WELCOME GIVEN TO THE AGREEMENT BY THE PALESTINIANS AS WELL AS BY THE ARAB AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS CONSTITUTES A STRONG AND CLEAR INDICATION THAT A NEW STAGE OF A UNIFIED PALESTINIAN WORK AS WELL AS ARAB, ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM HAS STARTED FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT. THE POLITICAL EDITOR POINTED OUT THAT THE SAUDI SOURCES HAVE CATEGORICALLY DENIED THE REPORTS CARRIED BY SOME NEWS AGENCIES, QUOTING A PALESTINIAN OFFICIAL, WHICH SAID THAT THE KINGDOM HAD PLEDGED TO EXTEND $1000 MILLION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PALESTINIAN UNIFIED NATIONAL UNITY FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITS FORMATION. THE POLITICAL EDITOR ADDED THAT THE AGREEMENT OF MAKKAH WAS CONCLUDED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOLY MOSQUE WITH THEIR OWN GENUINE UNDERSTANDING AND WILL, WHICH WAS FREE FROM ANY PRE-CONDITIONS, AND WHICH WAS WITHOUT FOREIGN INTERVENTIONS FROM ANY PARTY, AND ALSO WITHOUT ANY PLEDGES FROM ANY PARTY. THE ONLY INCENTIVE FOR THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT WAS THE SINCERITY OF THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS TO THEIR PEOPLE AND TO THEIR CAUSE.
