Abbas given power to form unity govt with Hamas

Top Palestinian leaders of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party today gave Abbas the go ahead to begin forming a unity government with the militant Hamas in an effort to end internal feuding and international isolation, a party member said.

The Fatah Central Committee gave Abbas “all the powers to begin consultations with all the national factions in order to form a national unity government,” Fatah member Hani al-Hassan said.