Egypt raises possibility of new Palestinian election
AFP, October, 2006
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CAIRO (AFP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has raised the possibility of a snap Palestinian election to overcome a deepening crisis since Hamas's rise to power. "Palestinian efforts could lead to early elections of the Palestinian Legislative Council to overcome the crisis between Fatah and Hamas," Mubarak said Thursday in an interview with Al-Usba magazine carried by the state news agency MENA.
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It quoted Mubarak as saying: "Egypt has made major efforts toward forming a (Palestinian) national unity government but these efforts have come up against inter-Palestinian differences." Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, who heads the Fatah party which was routed by the Islamist Hamas in legislative polls in January, on Wednesday gave Hamas two more weeks to accept a moderate political platform. During talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week, ...
