Amal Ibrahim, a 44-year-old mother of four children who lives in southern Gaza city, got nervous when she was asked if she expects an imminent inter-reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas, the two Palestinian rival movements.

"To be frank, I'm not optimistic that the upcoming round of dialogue between the two movements would succeed," said Ibrahim, calling on the two groups "to carry their responsibilities to resolve their disputes, which hardened the daily life of Palestinians."

On Sunday, the leaders of Fatah and Hamas will resume their dialogue in Cairo. Three previous rounds of dialogue were held between them since March, and they haven't yet succeeded to overcome their differences on forming a new government, security issues, elections and reforming the PLO.

"If they fail this time to agree, where I'm sure they will, I think that we would need an Arab or international interference to end our crisis that is leading us to more difficulties in our life," said Ibrahim.

A majority of the Gaza Strip population expressed pessimism towards achieving any success in the dialogue, believing that the fourth round of dialogue "would fail."

Hamas movement and its militants have been controlling the Gaza Strip since June 2007, after they took over the enclave by force and routed moderate President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces. The West Bank remained under his Fatah movement's rule.

"As long as seriousness to solve the crisis is absent and there are no real good intentions, I believe the chances to reach an agreement to end the current internal rift are totally nil," said Hamza Abu Sha'er, a Gaza store keeper.

For the leaders of the two movements, the major differences are the most complicated issues in the world. Hamas rejects to form a new government that abides by the international commitments, though it says it would respect them. Fatah insists that any government "must abide by these commitments."

"Do you think they will succeed this time? I don't think so because they had failed dozens of times before. It's because each side only puts its factional and personal interests in mind before the population’s interests," said Abu Sha'er.

He added that "it's really ridiculous to link the future and the fate of the Palestinian people, who still pay heavy prices with silly differences on two political terminologies."

In order to overcome this basic dispute between the two groups, Egypt proposed to keep the two governments, one ruled by Hamas in Gaza and the other ruled by Abbas in the West Bank, and to form an interim joint committee that prepares for elections, reforms the security apparatuses and helps to reconstruct the Gaza Strip.

On Sunday, the two movements' leaders would present before senior Egyptian intelligence officials their answers to the proposal. Fatah and Hamas have not yet officially announced whether they accept or reject the proposal.

Rami Abu T'eima, a 33-year-old taxi driver also voiced pessimism, saying "if they (Fatah and Hamas) are really interested in resolving our crisis, we could see at least practical steps on the groups, such as stopping mutual arrests and the mutual aggressive media campaigns."

He added that the Palestinians' daily life is becoming more complicated and more difficult "due to the current political rift between Fatah and Hamas. Everything is Gaza is broken, economy, industry and the social ties."