SHEIKH FAISAL MAWLAWI, THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF JAMA'A ISLAMIYYA PARTY IN LEBANON, HAS LAUDED THE RECONCILIATION OF FATAH AND HAMAS MOVEMENTS IN MAKKAH UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BEIRUT-BASED AL-MUSTAKBAL NEWSPAPER, MAWLAWI SAID THIS DEVELOPMENT CONSTITUTES A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. HE URGED THE ARAB AND MUSLIM LEADERS TO WORK FOR LIFTING THE SIEGE IMPOSED ON THE PALESTINIANS AND TO EXTEND THE REQUIRED ASSISTANCE TO THEM. MAWLAWI UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFRONTING THE ZIONIST PLOTS AGAINST THE ARABS AND MUSLIMS.