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Hamas' Gaza-Based Leadership Challenges Palestinian Unity Deal - Nidal al-Mughrabi
(Reuters) Hamas' Gaza-based leadership challenged on Wednesday a Palestinian reconciliation deal under which PA President Mahmoud Abbas would serve both as president and prime minister. "We call upon the parties who signed and those who sponsored Palestinian reconciliation to reconsider," the Hamas parliamentary bloc in Gaza said in a statement, arguing that a dual presidential-prime ministerial role for Abbas would be illegal.