Palestinian premier Rami Hamdallah is to head the consensus government to be formed under a deal with Hamas to end seven years of rival administrations in the West Bank and Gaza, an official said Thursday. "The government is nearly ready, and Rami Hamdallah will be prime minister," the official close to the reconciliation negotiations told AFP on condition of a**nymity. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas "informed Mr Hamdallah yesterday (Wednesday) that he would head the government," the official said. Hamdallah is the prime minister of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority.
05-27-2014, 05:40 PM
Current Palestinian PM Hamdallah to head new unity govt
Palestinian premier Rami Hamdallah is to head the consensus government to be formed under a deal with Hamas to end seven years of rival administrations in the West Bank and Gaza, an official said Thursday. "The government is nearly ready, and Rami Hamdallah will be prime minister," the official close to the reconciliation negotiations told AFP on condition of a**nymity. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas "informed Mr Hamdallah yesterday (Wednesday) that he would head the government," the official said. Hamdallah is the prime minister of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority.
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