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Palestinian Leadership Backs Fatah-Hamas Doha Deal
[An Nahar] The Paleostinian leadership on Thursday endorsed the latest agreement between the heads of Fatah and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and called for preparations for elections to be speeded up.Paleostinian President and Fatah head the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal inked an accord in Doha on Monday placing Abbas at the head of an interim government to supervise the run-up to elections later this year. On Thursday, members of Fatah's Central Committee, the PLO Executive Committee and leaders of PLO-affiliated groups, gave "full support for the results of the Doha agreement," according to a statement read by the executive committee's secretary general,  Yasser Abed Rabbo.... Paleostinian politician and a member of the Paleostine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee. He holds an M.A. in economics and political science from the American University in Cairo..... The leadership also urged Paleostinian electoral officials to push ahead with the registration of eligible voters in the West Bank, Gazoo and east Jerusalem and set a firm date for elections. Under the terms of a reconciliation deal signed by Hamas and Fatah last April, presidential and legislative elections are due to be held by May of this year. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-10 |
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