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    Gaza's Hamas says ready to cede power to Abbas

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A spokesman says Gaza's ruling Hamas movement is willing to cede power to an interim unity government led by its longtime rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

    Fawzi Barhoum on Tuesday played down criticism by senior Hamas figures in Gaza who said a decision to have Abbas lead the transitional government ahead of general elections violates Palestinian law.

    The decision was made Monday by Abbas and Hamas' exiled chief, Khaled Mashaal, and was seen as a decisive step toward reconciliation. The Palestinians have had separate governments — Hamas in Gaza and Abbas in the West Bank — since a violent split in 2007.

    Hamas leaders in Gaza now stand to lose influence. However, Barhoum said the deal was approved by Hamas' institutions and the movement is ready to implement it.

     

    31 comments

    • Hebrew  •  Fort Lauderdale, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      hamas realizes it is at a dead end. seeking to reinvent itself. if they stay status quo, there can never be a pal state.
    • Charles  •  Newark, New Jersey  •  3 mths ago
      When you mix dirt and water, ALL of the water gets dirty.
      • thetruthshallsetyoufree 3 mths ago
        when dirt tells you that soap is actually dirt, then you will believe it to be so
      • me 3 mths ago
        Actually, when you mix dirt and water, all you get is dirty water.
      • vistavision2 3 mths ago
        Fact: When you water earth, flora blossoms. Have to burst your "Harry Potter" bubble: Fruit & vegetables do not magically appear in the surpermarket produce aisle with the waving of a wand.
    • AKHTAL  •  Beirut, Lebanon  •  3 mths ago
      Better late than never. We wish Palestinian union all luck. A word to Hamas. Stop the non-meaningful shelling at Israel. It only makes your situation worse. Prepare well your case and submit it to UN, even to US Congress then lobby.
      • Alex 3 mths ago
        UN? Not as long as US which gets order from the Zionishas for its vetoe power there.
    • Davidsmountain  •  3 mths ago
      Radical Islam will continue to be defeated, wherever it is in the world! Radical Muslims will submit in peace or continue to be systematically obliterated.
      • L 3 mths ago
        I hope islam will be obliterated
      • More Betta 3 mths ago
        All Koranimals should be obliterated, systematically wiped off of the face of the earth, there is no room in any society for such a mud puddle of a gene pool to continue to propagate
      • OetG 3 mths ago
        You guys sound pretty radical yourselves....well,...no less radical than your warmonger slavemasters want you to be.....have fun making them rich.
    • Regulus  •  3 mths ago
      Okay, now stop lobbing missiles into Israel and give up your vow to eliminate Israel and the West will put the squeeze on the Jews to talk true peace.
      • Jim 3 mths ago
        Nice, I couldn't have said it better myself.
      • . 3 mths ago
        no squeeze will be needed then; Israel's politics will shift to the left
      • Chris 3 mths ago
        Jim. you're a retarded right winger. Of course you couldn't of said that better than Regulus, who doesn't know what a run on sentence is.

        Jim worships satan. His words make more sense, once you read his "bible"

        Numbers 31 17-18
        Now kill all the boys and all the women who have slept with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.
    • Ēqualizer  •  Beaverton, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      So, does this mean that the unity of Hamas is starting to break down?
      • me 3 mths ago
        No, it means that without a host state (Syria) they have no where to go. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention...even with people who have invented nothing!
      • vistavision2 3 mths ago
        Me. ever hear of Arabic numerals? 0.123456789 the Albedo of the moon.
    • B  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      "The Muslim religion is so unreformed since it was created that nowhere in the Muslim world has there been any real advance in science, or art or literature, or technology in the last 1500 years."
      Islam thrives because of ignorance, not in spite of it. Excluding Indonesia over 54% of Muslims are illiterate. Over 67% of Muslim women cannot read. Less than 1% of all scientific papers come from Muslim countries. Harvard University provides more annual scientific discoveries than all Muslim nations combined. Spain translates more books annually than all Muslim nations. Muslim countries have the worst records of equality, civil and human rights.
      Half of all Muslims in the world are inbred: Pakistan70 % Turkey30% Algiers34% Bahrain46% Egypt35% Nubia80% Iraq60% Jordan64% Kuwait64% Lebanon45% Libya48% Saudi Arabia67% Syria41%. Research shows IQ is 10-16 points lower in inbred children and social behavior develops slowly and have a high rate of mental disorders. Add Islam tothe mix and these people are really screwed up.
    • Mary  •  Irvine, California  •  3 mths ago
      This didnt work too well the last time either.
    • Flying Eagle  •  Corvallis, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      Israel will never care. They will claim so baloney to allow themselves to steal more land. Wake Up people and smell the Roses.
    • .  •  3 mths ago
      if majority of palis voted for hamas that de-legitimizes that majority.
    • Mr. Ape  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Dose anyone really think that Hamas will give up it power over the Palestinian people?
      NOT!!
    • vistavision2  •  3 mths ago
      Larry, Were you born after 2007? NEWSFLASH: HAMAS won 80% of the PNA PLC seats in the 2006 elections: Thus, had control the PNA; and are the legitimate elected authority. Thereafter, Fatah heeding the advice of the Israelis attempted a coup.
    • Annmarie  •  Moreno Valley, California  •  3 mths ago
      if they still want to destroy israel it will not work.they got to denounce this type of thinking in public.then we give them majority of what they want.period
    • larry  •  Palm Desert, California  •  3 mths ago
      Nice attempt at trying to mask their true intentions. Abbas is impotent and can't win a general election so Hamas is trying to use what remaining international legitamacy he has to cover their intentions to take over the Palestinian Authority and remain focused on getting much needed US and Europeon aid while hoping to destroy Israel
    • Salad Baba  •  Chandler, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      It's only temporary, folks. Hamas won the elections in 2006, not Abbas' party. And? They would certainly win any other elections because the Palestinian people (if allowed free elections) are sick of what Abbas' party (Fatah- party of Arafat) did (or did not do) for decades.
      The USA and Unreal encouraged the formation of Hamas because Arafat and friends did not swing the way the USAreal lackeys wanted them to... now with the eye opener Hamas gave the world, don't expect the same old "starve to death while waiting to be exterminated" attitude the Palestinians are leaving behind. Be glad Palestinians are even considering leaving Unreal a part of their country after every suffering the Zionists have laid upon them. Jimmy Carter had it right in his book on this topic. All would do well to read it and get the facts straight for once.
    • Juancito trucupey  •  3 mths ago
      i hope hamas will soon vanish into history

      -comprende las palabras del que murio en la cruz
    • L  •  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      don't trust any of them.
    • nmeric  •  3 mths ago
      I doubt if Meshaal has discussed this with Haniyeh. Don't expect it to go very far.
    • SuperG  •  Portland, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      The Palestinians have lost their cause, and they don't even see it. If the government allows a terrorist organization to integrate with it, then it too becomes a terrorist organization and loses all legitimacy to the world.
    • Bill White  •  Saginaw, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      Oh boy the Jewish zealots of Israel ain't going to like it !!!
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