Hamas leader requests meeting with Abbas

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said this evening he has called Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, requesting a meeting so that they can decide on the future of the Palestinian government.

Hamas won a landslide victory in Palestinian parliament elections.

“We want to meet with him to consult about the shape of the political partnership that we can achieve,” Haniyeh told reporters as he received well-wishers in the garden of his Gaza home. “Hamas will cooperate with everybody for the benefit of all the people.”