a long-awaited Palestinian government of national unity was sworn in yesterday.The ceremony took place at 1pm at Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas's head-quarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah Mr Abbas's office confirmed.
The unity government is a bid to end a seven-year feud between Hamas,the Islamist movement ruling Gaza,and Mr Abbas'secular Fatah party.
Foreign Minister Riyad at al-Malki,an Abbas loyalist,will remain in the post,despite Hamas opposition,the pro-Abbas al-Ayyam daily newspaper reported.
A list of ministers published by the Ramallah-based paper did not include one for prisoners affairs.
Under pressure from US and European donors-Who object to allowances being paid to jail Palestinian militants and their families out of the Palestinian Authority (PA) treasure -Mr Abbas wants to abolish the portfolio of prisoners affairs minister.
Instead,he would create a prisoners affairs department within the Palestine Liberation Organization,separate from the PA.But Hamas has insisted on keeping a prisoners affairs minister,partly in a bid to drum up popularity by focusing on an issue important to Palestinians.
Mr Abbas last week assigned outgoing West Bank premier Rami Hamdallah to the post of prime minister-designate.
Fatah and Hamas agreed in April to form the unity government,as separate peace negotiations between Mr Abbas and Israel were on the verge of collapse.
Mr Abbas shifted his priority from negotiations with Israel,which he charged were not being pursued seriously,to reuniting the Palestinian territories after a seven-year de facto split between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Hamas,the Islamist movement ruling Gaza,violently seized control of the coastal enclave in 2007,overpowering security forces answerable to Mr Abbas of the secular Fatah.
Mr Abbas was left in control of the West Bank only.
a long-awaited Palestinian government of national unity was sworn in yesterday.The ceremony took place at 1pm at Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas's head-quarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah Mr Abbas's office confirmed.
The unity government is a bid to end a seven-year feud between Hamas,the Islamist movement ruling Gaza,and Mr Abbas'secular Fatah party.
Foreign Minister Riyad at al-Malki,an Abbas loyalist,will remain in the post,despite Hamas opposition,the pro-Abbas al-Ayyam daily newspaper reported.
A list of ministers published by the Ramallah-based paper did not include one for prisoners affairs.
Under pressure from US and European donors-Who object to allowances being paid to jail Palestinian militants and their families out of the Palestinian Authority (PA) treasure -Mr Abbas wants to abolish the portfolio of prisoners affairs minister.
Instead,he would create a prisoners affairs department within the Palestine Liberation Organization,separate from the PA.But Hamas has insisted on keeping a prisoners affairs minister,partly in a bid to drum up popularity by focusing on an issue important to Palestinians.
Mr Abbas last week assigned outgoing West Bank premier Rami Hamdallah to the post of prime minister-designate.
Fatah and Hamas agreed in April to form the unity government,as separate peace negotiations between Mr Abbas and Israel were on the verge of collapse.
Mr Abbas shifted his priority from negotiations with Israel,which he charged were not being pursued seriously,to reuniting the Palestinian territories after a seven-year de facto split between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Hamas,the Islamist movement ruling Gaza,violently seized control of the coastal enclave in 2007,overpowering security forces answerable to Mr Abbas of the secular Fatah.
Mr Abbas was left in control of the West Bank only.
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