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| Ismail Haniyeh: Palestinian Unity A 'Historic Day' |
| 2014-06-03 |
| [Ynet] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,'s exiting prime minister Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... said that the Paleostinian unity government signed in Monday was a "historical day which we forged together for the sake of the Paleostinian people and the Paleostinian cause." Haniyeh further said that "today there is an army in the figure of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas' military wing). We are leaving the government, but the resistance is in excellent shape and can deter and protect that the Paleostinian people." Haniyeh also praised the Paleostinian prisoners hunger striking in Israel. |
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