2014 Fatah–Hamas Gaza Agreement

The 2014 Fatah–Hamas Agreements were two successive reconciliation agreements between Fatah and Hamas, concluded in 2014. The Gaza Agreement was signed in Gaza City on 23 April by Ismail Haniyeh and a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Its main purpose was reconciliation between the parties and the formation of a national unity government within five weeks, to be followed by general elections in December.

On 25 September, almost 4 months after the formation of the Palestinian Unity Government of June 2014, the Cairo Agreement was concluded in Cairo between Haniyeh and President Mahmoud Abbas. It specified the tasks and responsibilities of the new Government. The Government would assume its responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, work on re-activation of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and implement the 2006 National Conciliation Document and the National Reconciliation Document of 5 April 2011.

The Gaza agreement was signed in Gaza City on 23 April 2014 by Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Hamas, and a senior Palestine Liberation Organisation delegation dispatched by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Its main purposes were reconciliation between the parties and the formation of a national unity government within five weeks, to be followed by general elections in December.

Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, who was involved in the negotiation, described the deal as an "end to the division between the Palestinian people."

Israel reacted angrily. The government announced that it would halt peace talks with the Palestinians. Israel also announced new sanctions, including a previously announced Israeli plan to unilaterally deduct Palestinian debts to Israeli companies from the tax revenue Israel collects for the PA, in contravention of the .

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