Reply #5: Fayyad to stay on as Palestinian prime minister

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Salam Fayyad dismissed allegations of his plans to resign, says he is 'proud' that he is public's favorite for the prime minister post.

Salam Fayyad on Tuesday dismissed reports that he was thinking of stepping down as Palestinian prime minister after the Islamist Hamas movement rejected him as a candidate to run the new government.

The Fatah movement of President Mahmoud Abbas had insisted on Fayyad staying as prime minister. Abbas told a Lebanese television station on Monday that since he would name the new government, his only choice would be Fayyad, regardless of Hamas's position.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/fayyad-to-stay-on-as-palestinian-prime-minister-1.368953