News Source: USA Today
| 8 months ago
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas kicked off reconciliation talks Tuesday aimed at coming up with a power-sharing agreement and eventually holding elections. In televised comments Tuesday as the talks opened, Egypt's intelligence chief Omar...
News Source: AKI
| 8 months ago
Palestinian groups began meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Tuesday on the first day of talks which they hope will lead to a unity government. Egypt's head of security, Omar Suleiman, opened the talks and urged participants: "Do not put off...
News Source: Financial Times
| 8 months ago
His move came as senior leaders of Fatah and Hamas, the rival Palestinian parties, prepared to meet in Cairo this week for detailed talks aimed at ending years of bloody internecine rivalry.
News Source: BBC
| 8 months ago
Rival Palestinian factions are to meet in Cairo, at the start of a process they hope will pave the way for a national unity government. Cross-party committees are due to start work on a number of key issues. The most challenging ones are reforming...
News Source: Press TV
| 8 months ago
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who submitted his written resignation to Abbas recently, asserted that the Palestinian Authority should back a unity government of both Hamas and Fatah for unifying the two 'extremes' of Palestinian politics,...
News Source: The Daily Star
| 8 months ago
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Sunday he was confident the Palestinians would form a "government of consensus" after he stepped down to pave the way for a unity cabinet. "As I said yesterday after submitting my resignation to the president, we are...