In previous rounds, the different factions agreed in principle on forming a united government for the West Bank and Gaza, and on holding legislative and presidential elections in the Palestinian Territories by January 2010. But Fatah and Hamas still differ fundamentally on how to form a government tasked to prepare elections.
在前几轮谈判中，各方已经原则同意组建西岸和加沙地带联合政府，并原则同意在2010年1月前在巴勒斯坦的领土上举行总统大选。但法塔赫和哈马斯仍然在如何组建负责筹备大选的政府方面存在根本的分歧。