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Hamas: “Obama-Abbas meeting disappointing to the Palestinians” May 30 09 Abbas concludes visit to Canada, heads to Washington May 27 09 Abbas: “No peace talks without Israeli commitment to statehood and a... May 26 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryPresident Abbas: New Ballot Likely in Three WeeksPalestinian President and Fatah leader, Mahmoud Abbass said Friday that he would repeat a call for early presidential and legislative elections if current talks on national unity government fail.
Abbas was speaking in a press briefing on the sideline of the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland. “We are at a junction, either yes or no. This doesn’t need more than two weeks or a maximum of three weeks”, Abbas told reporters. “There are two key points, compliance with the Palestinian, Arab and international legitimacies as well as acceptance of independent members of any would-be government”, the President refereed to the basis of Palestinian factions talks. "If we fail to achieve a national unity government that allows us to lift the siege, I will call for presidential elections," Abbass maintained. These remarks came as Palestinian factions agreed to restart serious talks next Sunday with the aim of reaching an agreement that would end the internationally-imposed economic embargo and finalize a unity government. Meanwhile, Fatah spokesman, Tawfic Abu Khousa, doubted on Friday the success of any dialogue, blaming Hamas for recent renewed factional infighting in Gaza."How can a dialogue go on when there is a bomb underneath the table?”, Abu Khousa said. Over the past 24 hours, three Palestinians were killed during factional infighting between members of the Palestinian interior ministry’s executive force, formed of Hamas, and supporters of Fatah in northern Gaza Strip. |