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January 26, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/531927.html

Abbas Okays Hamas Role in Palestinian Leadership

(Ha'aretz) Arnon Regular - Abbas has reached an agreement in principle with Hamas leaders Mahmoud al-Zahar and Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza on the organization's participation in PA decision-making and in a future Palestinian government, sources involved in the talks reported Tuesday. The main focus of the talks is the establishment of a "supreme diplomatic authority" to replace the PLO as the body responsible for approving any diplomatic agreement with Israel. This authority would include all the Palestinian organizations, both in the territories and abroad. Hamas will run candidates in the PA's parliamentary elections in July, and may even become part of the new government to be set up after these elections.

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