Special Report: Palestine-Israel Conflicts         

    GAZA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Sunday echoed Islamic Hamas movement's rejection of President Mahmoud Abbas' plan to form a new government soon.

    Rabah Muhana, a PFLP leader in Gaza, said "forming an extended government without a national understanding will boost the internal split and block the dialogue."

    "Such a government will be part of Hamas-Fatah feud and will increase the suffering of our Palestinian people," Muhana added.

    He called for forming a transitional unity government with a specific platform to run the daily matters until new elections are held by January 2010.

    On Saturday, a spokesman for Abbas said the leader of Fatah plans to form an expanded government in the West Bank soon.

    Hamas opposed the step since the Egyptian-sponsored unity and reconciliation dialogue with Fatah has not yet ended.

    In the Cairo-hosted dialogue, the Palestinian factions failed to agree on the platform of a unity government but agreed on holding the elections next January.

    Currently, the Gaza Strip is controlled by the Hamas administration sacked by Abbas following its violent takeover of Gaza in June 2007, while the West Bank is ruled by a Western-backed government led by Salam Fayyad.