Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinian unity government to be announced Monday | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
Subscribe

Would you like to subscribe to our newsletter?

Current Conditions Mostly Cloudy  26.6°C

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinian unity government to be announced Monday

FILE - In this file photo provided on Nov. 24, 2011, by the office of Khaled Mashaal, Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seen together during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt. A negotiator said Monday, May 26, 2014, that he expects a Palestinian unity government to be announced later this week in what would be a first significant step toward ending the crippling rift between Hamas and Fatah. (AP Photo/Office of Khaled Meshaal, File)

RAMALLAH, Palestine - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the formation of a Palestinian unity government backed by the rival factions of Hamas and Fatah will be announced Monday.

Abbas told dozens of French pro-Palestinian activists on Saturday that Israel has informed him that it will shun such a government. The Islamic militant group Hamas is considered a terror organization by Israel and the West.

Abbas reiterated that the unity government is to consist of technocrats and follow his pragmatic political program. Abbas is the leader of Fatah, which has conducted intermittent peace talks with Israel for two decades.

News from © The Associated Press, 2014
The Associated Press

  • Popular penticton News
  • Why Okanagan Lake doesn't freeze anymore
    Don Knox remembers not only skating on a glassy smooth Okanagan Lake as a young child, but also on a nicely frozen Mission Creek. “When we were kids – I can’t remember the
  • Judge locks bank accounts of Okanagan business owner, suspected drug supplier
    An Okanagan man suspected of using his car dealership and mortgages to hide drug money had his bank accounts frozen by a judge. He's one of three people included in the order as the prov
  • Where to get weird and exotic snacks in Kelowna
    Arabic malt energy drinks, protein Snickers bars, an edible Barbie dream house, Snoop Dogg chips; if any of those exotic snacks pique your interest there are places to get them in Kelowna. S
  • The free life — and lives — of Dag Aabye
    This feature first ran on iNFOnews in April of 2017. VERNON - For much of the year, home for Dag Aabye is a portable garden shed that he carried, in pieces, halfway up a mountain to a remo
  • Slippery slide: The decline of the Okanagan's waterslides
    They were once a mainstay of an Okanagan summer, where kids could burn off steam running back up the hill for another adrenaline-inducing ride down their favourite waterslide, while their parents
View Site in: Desktop | Mobile