Abbas sets up new government to release aid
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prepared to swear in a new government in the West Bank on Saturday that will bring an end to a U.S.-led aid embargo as hundreds of his Fatah loyalists fled Gaza by land and sea.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian government yesterday and declared a state of emergency after rival Hamas forces took complete control of the Gaza Strip in what the Islamic movement called the territory's "liberation."
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Top leaders of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party gave their leader the go-ahead Friday to begin forming a unity government with the militant Hamas in an effort to end internal feuding and international isolation, a party member said.
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and   Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Monday reached a deal   to form a unity government that the Palestinians hope will end   their international isolation and revive aid.
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President Mahmoud Abbas named a new Palestinian cabinet Sunday and banned Hamas militias.
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Israel decides to release frozen tax funds to the new Palestinian government that excludes Hamas.
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JERUSALEM -- The United States, Israel, and European states are prepared to ease a ban on aid to the Palestinian government that President Mahmoud Abbas is forming in the West Bank after sacking Hamas, officials said yesterday.
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In a gesture to Abbas, Israel plans to release 500 Palestinian prisoners this week.
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Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya resigns as part of a new deal to set up a national unity government.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas   reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Monday to form a unity government that the Palestinians hope   will end their international isolation and revive aid.
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Israel begins releasing tens of millions of dollars in frozen tax funds to the Palestinian Authority's President Abbas.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejigged his government on Friday at the end of a month-long state of emergency declared when Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip.
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The United States, Israel and European states are prepared to ease a ban on aid to the Palestinian government that President Mahmoud Abbas is forming in the West Bank after sacking Hamas, officials said on Friday.
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The release of Fatah prisoners was intended to bolster the Palestinian president and his emergency government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday Israel would start freeing 250 Palestinian prisoners by the end of the week in a bid to shore up Abbas's new government against Hamas.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, bolstered by Western promises to resume aid, vowed on Monday to exert its authority over the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.