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| Palestinian unity government 'to resign over Gaza row' | |
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| The Palestinian unity government will resign, President Mahmoud Abbas has announced. | The Palestinian unity government will resign, President Mahmoud Abbas has announced. |
| He told his Fatah faction the cabinet had to be dissolved because its Hamas rivals would not allow it to operate in Gaza, where Hamas is in control. | He told his Fatah faction the cabinet had to be dissolved because its Hamas rivals would not allow it to operate in Gaza, where Hamas is in control. |
| Some reports suggest that the government would step down within hours. | Some reports suggest that the government would step down within hours. |
| The cabinet was sworn in last June to try to end a major rift between Fatah, which governs the West Bank, and Hamas. | The cabinet was sworn in last June to try to end a major rift between Fatah, which governs the West Bank, and Hamas. |
| The two sides had governed separately since the Islamist group Hamas, which won elections in 2006, ousted Fatah from the Gaza Strip in 2007. | The two sides had governed separately since the Islamist group Hamas, which won elections in 2006, ousted Fatah from the Gaza Strip in 2007. |
| Although Fatah and Hamas formally agreed a technocratic government, deep divisions remained, resulting in political paralysis, the BBC's Yolande Knell reports. | Although Fatah and Hamas formally agreed a technocratic government, deep divisions remained, resulting in political paralysis, the BBC's Yolande Knell reports. |
| Fatah accuses Hamas of trying to create an independent Islamic state in Gaza; Hamas provokes Fatah by saying it avoids new general elections as it fears losing them, our correspondent adds. | Fatah accuses Hamas of trying to create an independent Islamic state in Gaza; Hamas provokes Fatah by saying it avoids new general elections as it fears losing them, our correspondent adds. |
| Israel has insisted it will not deal with the unity government backed by Hamas, which is sworn to Israel's destruction. | Israel has insisted it will not deal with the unity government backed by Hamas, which is sworn to Israel's destruction. |