Hamas PM Haniyeh hints he will step aside (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Hamas PM Haniyeh hints he will step aside

By Nidal al-Mughrabi
1 hour, 26 minutes ago

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh hinted
on Friday he would step aside and not head a unity government
Hamas is trying to forge with the Fatah faction as a way to lift a
Western embargo.

Haniyeh said he hoped the unity cabinet could be in place within
three weeks, ending months of intermittent talks and internal violence
that has raised fears of civil war.

The prime minister, a senior leader of the Islamist group, told
worshippers at a mosque in the Gaza Strip that Western powers did
not want him to be part of the new administration.

"(They have) one condition, that the siege will not be lifted unless the
prime minister is changed," Haniyeh said.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061110/ts_nm/mideast_dc

[Ian David]

1. Did Bill Maher tell Larry King that Ismail Haniyeh is gay, too? n/t