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JERUSALEM -- Palestinians took a major step Monday toward creating a unity government to replace the Hamas-led cabinet whose hard-line stance on Israel has sparked a crippling international economic boycott.
After months of wrangling and stalled talks, Hamas, a militant group that won the parliamentary elections in January, and its more moderate political rival, Fatah, agreed on a compromise candidate who could replace the current Hamas prime minister if a unity government does take shape. He is Mohammed Shabir, a U.S.-educated former university president who has never held a political post.See the full content of this document
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Palestinians Step Toward Unity Rule
However, in Washington Monday, it remained unclear whether the creation of such a unity government would be enough to persuade President Bush and Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert to lift the boycott, which has sparked chaos and suffering in the Palestinian territories and brought the gover...
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