Abbas Dissolves Shaky Coalition
Charles Johnson
Thu Jun 14, 2007 at 12:25 pm PDT • Views: 328
It was the hook-up of the century, Hamas and Fatah, sealed with a toga-clad honeymoon at the Qaaba in Mecca. How could things have gone so wrong so quickly?
Oh, that’s right. They’re terrorists.
Abbas declares state of emergency as Hamas overrruns [sic] Gaza.
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Thursday declared a state of emergency and sack the government as Hamas appeared set to seize control of Gaza after days of ferocious gunbattles.
Hamas fighters overran key security strongholds of Abbas’s Fatah faction across the chaotic territory, where at least 108 people have been killed in an explosion of internecine bloodshed in less than a week.
Abbas’s decision to dismiss the unity government and Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya and declare the state of emergency was announced at a Ramallah press conference by presidency secretary general Tayeb Abdelrahim.
He said Abbas would also hold new elections “as soon as the situation allows”.
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