Unity Government in Palestine a first step to peace talks

Hallelujah brethren and sistren!!!

It seems as though Palestinian leaders are starting to see the light and work with each other rather than against each other and themselves.

Praise peace and all those who work for it!

Keep the Faith,

Yuya Joseph



Abbas, PM Haniyeh agree to form national unity government

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By Aluf Benn and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents, and AP

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas agreed Wednesday to start negotiations on forming a broader government, a government spokesman said.

The decision was made during a meeting between Abbas and Haniyeh, said Ghazi Hamad, a spokesman for the Hamas government.

"In principle, there is agreement on this issue," said Hamad. "They will start negotiations between the president and the Palestinian factions."

Haniyeh told Abbas a broader government can only be formed after a number of Hamas cabinet ministers and legislators, arrested by Israel in recent weeks, have been released.

"We have agreed to start discussions to form this government, based upon the National Unity Agreement," Haniyeh said, referring to the joint political platform the two had worked out earlier. The joint program includes the implicit recognition of Israel.

Haniyeh suggested that a national unity government would ease the international isolation of the Hamas government.

"This will help lift the embargo imposed on the Palestinians, ease their suffering," he said.

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