Sunday, December 17, 2006

Hamas will boycot early elections

According to reports made by the Palestinian Foreign Office, an assassination attempt was made today on the life of Hamas appointed FM, Mahmoud al-Zahar. The reports stated that shots were fired at the car he was riding but he emerged unscathed. Al-Zahar's guards returned fire. Hamas blames Fatah for the attempt.
PM Haniyeh responded today to president's Abu Mazen speech of yesterday and announced that Hamas will not take part in an early election. This despite certain polls in the Palestinian Territories which show that Haniyeh trails Abu Mazen by a single point.
Yesterday, over 20 people were injured in fightings between Fatah and Hamas supporters.

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