GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On Oct. 21, Ramadan Shalah, the secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, launched an initiative to resolve the internal Palestinian crisis. The initiative was widely welcomed by the Palestinian factions except for the Fatah movement, which had some reservations.

Regardless of acceptances and reservations, the most important question remains whether this initiative will see its way to implementation on the ground in light of the failure of all previous reconciliation initiatives such as the 2011 Cairo Agreement, the 2012 Fatah-Hamas Doha Agreement and the 2014 Beach Refugee Camp Agreement.

Shalah launched the initiative in his speech that was broadcast live on the Palestine Today satellite TV channel during the annual festival in Gaza City hosted by the Islamic Jihad marking its 29th anniversary. In his 10-point initiative, Shalah stressed the need to hold a comprehensive national dialogue and urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to take serious steps to achieve reconciliation and work on activating the Temporary Leadership Framework of the PLO — specified in the 2005 Palestinian Cairo Declaration as a first step to reform the PLO — to include all Palestinian factions.

Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shehab told Al-Monitor that on Oct. 25 his movement gave the Palestinian factions written copies of the initiative and will send a copy to the Palestinian National Council. He pointed out that Hamas was the first Palestinian faction to respond positively to the initiative, and the Islamic Jihad is still waiting for written responses from the remaining factions.