[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - At the request of the Egyptians, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas decided over the weekend not to ask outgoing Prime Minister Salaam Fayad to form a new government, to avoid closing the door to the establishment of a joint Hamas-Fatah coalition, a senior PA official in Ramallah said Saturday. Fayad, who submitted his resignation last month but has stayed in power, was expected to be entrusted by Abbas with forming a new government. Hamas has made it clear that it would not sit in any government headed by Fayad, whom it accuses of the continued massive security crackdown on its supporters in the West Bank.
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