Palestinian PM and cabinet resign

[kpete]

Palestinian PM and cabinet resign

Simon Jeffery and agencies
Thursday January 26, 2006


Palestinian Hamas supporters in the party's offices in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Photograph: Saif Dahlah/Getty

The Palestinian prime minister and cabinet today resigned following what appeared to be a dramatic election win for Hamas.
Results are not due until this evening, but a senior official for Fatah - the formerly dominant force in Palestinian politics - conceded that the party had lost its majority in parliament.

Fatah later rejected participation in a coalition with Hamas - a move that will make peacemaking in the region more difficult.

"Let Hamas alone bear its responsibilities, if it can," Ziyad Abu Ein, a Fatah official, told Reuters.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1695230,00.html

[displacedtexan]

1. MSNBC just said...

"This presents a challenge for President Bush."

Gee, ya think?