Special report:Internal situation in
Palestine
GAZA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas has accepted a candidate nominated by the Hamas movement to lead a
national unity government, the Islamic Online website reported on Sunday,
quoting well-informed sources.
The nominee was Mohammed Shbair, former president of
the Islamic University in Gaza, who is close to Hamas but not a member.
The website did not elaborate on the sources, but
said they were close to Abbas.
The report also quoted Nezzar Rayan, a senior Hamas
official in Gaza, as saying that the ruling Hamas movement had agreed with Abbas
on a new prime minister.
But Rayan did not clarify who would be the new one.
Meanwhile, Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan told
reporters that his movement had nominated a prime minister candidate close to
Hamas and confirmed that Abbas has accepted the candidate.
Shbair, 60, was famous for his academic activities
and had been the president of the Hamas-dominated Islamic University for
13years.
Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haneya have been
engaged in talks for months to form a unity government to replace incumbent
Hamas-led one to end the current political and economic crises in the
Palestinian territories.
After a general agreement to form a unity government,
a committee tasked with outlining the government held its first meeting on
Sunday. Senior members of both Hamas and Fatah were present at the meeting.
(2006-11-13 06:44:33)
RAMALLAH, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Fatah Revolutionary Council on Sunday
overwhelmingly reelected Mahmoud Abbas as chief of the movement and its general
leader, official Palestinian sources said.
(2006-11-12 18:09:35)
RAMALLAH, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian independent lawmaker Mustafa
al-Barghouti announced on Sunday a deal has been achieved over who is going to
lead the upcoming unity government, but he did not reveal the name.
(2006-11-11 20:57:20)
RAMALLAH, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said
on Saturday that a national unity government was expected to be declared before
the end of November.
(2006-11-11 20:19:20)
GAZA/RAMALLAH, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinians in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip marked on Saturday two-year anniversary of Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat's decease.
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