Hamas faces expulsion threat

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Hamas faces expulsion threat

Staff and agencies
Monday April 24, 2006



The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, today warned that he could remove the Hamas government from power if it failed to "face the facts" and recognise Israel.

He said the Palestinian Authority had to establish communication with Israel and renounce violence if it wanted to avoid international isolation and a critical shortfall in aid.

"The constitution gives me clear and definite authority to remove a government from power, but I don't want to use this authority," he told Turkish CNN in an interview broadcast today. "Everyone should know that by law this power is in my hands."

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"Hamas is still acting as if it were in opposition, not in government. It has to face realities, it has to be in contact with Israel to meet the daily needs of the Palestinian people," he said.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1760340,00.html

[Andromeda]

1. Does the constitution really give him that power...

Or is he just full of hot air?