Special report: Internal situation in Palestine

    GAZA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on Tuesday denied reports that President Mahmoud Abbas would address the nation on the situation in the Palestinian lands on the day, but said that Abbas would do it in the coming few days.

    Earlier, Ramattan news agency reported that Abbas would make an important speech on Tuesday to explain the situation and ways of overcoming a political plight after months of inter-Palestinian talks failed to come up with a unity government.

    "The speech will touch on proposed options to seek the situation out of current political crisis," Ramattan reported.

    After collapse of unity government talks last week, Abbas' Fatah and the ruling Hamas movement have been trading accusations for the failure.

    Some local analysts said that Abbas was likely to ask for the Palestinians' approval for early elections or breaking up the Hamas-led government.

    However, Hamas lawmaker Mushier al-Masri said that Abbas had nosuch choices to make, while another lawmaker, Yehia Moussa, warned Abbas that Hamas would not give up to any such decision.

    Meanwhile, Abbas will leave the Gaza Strip for the West Bank city of Ramallah to chair a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization to discuss the aftermath of suspension of unity government talks and mechanisms to reinforce a Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire which took effect in the strip last week.