Deputies from Fatah confirmed on Sunday that the beleaguered faction would not join Hamas in a coalition government after the radical Islamists' sensational election victory. “We have a decision from all the Fatah leadership not to enter the new government,” said deputy Abdullah Abdullah after holding talks with Abbas at his West Bank headquarters. “By giving Hamas a majority, the Palestinian people gave them a mandate to form the new government and we will be a positive opposition,” he told AFP.