Abbas plans to disarm Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s refugee camps

Sources revealed to Qatari news­pa­per Al-Sharq that PA Pres­i­dent Mah­moud Abbas dur­ing his visit to Lebanon next week, will dis­cuss the secu­rity of the Pales­tin­ian refugee camps and the dis­ar­ma­ment of the mul­ti­ple Pales­tin­ian fac­tions weapons that are in the hands of mem­bers of in Lebanon.

The source said that Abbas is try­ing to end the armed pres­ence of the Pales­tin­ian oppo­si­tion fac­tions, par­tic­u­larly the “Pop­u­lar Front, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad”.

Dur­ing his visit to Beirut, Abbas will also dis­cuss the exchange of the new Pales­tin­ian pass­ports among the 250,000 — 400,000 refugees. A move which is strongly opposed by the Pales­tin­ian refugees in Lebanon, because it gives the right for the Lebanese gov­ern­ment to can­cel their res­i­dency in Lebanon and prob­a­bly will evoke a new immi­gra­tion to west­ern countries.