Special report: Internal situation in Palestine

   GAZA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman of the Hamas-led government said on Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed with the ruling Hamas movement that incumbent Prime Minister Ismail Haneya will head a coming coalition government.

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya (L) meets with President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza City, Sept. 11, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

   Sami Abu Zuhri told reporters that Hamas nominated Haneya as prime minister of a coalition government, and Abbas approved the nomination.

   Abbas and Haneya met in Gaza Sunday night. According to Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas official who attended the meeting, the meeting was "positive and fruitful" and focused on a national
unity government. 

   "Major progress was achieved during the meeting, particularly the political program of a proposed government," he said.

   The coalition's agenda would be in line with the Prisoner's Document of National Accordance that calls for a two-state solution, he said. Enditem