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| Abbas meets Hamas officials in W. Bank |
| 2007-11-03 |
| Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Hamas officials on Friday for the first time since the organization's violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in June of this year. Abbas's office confirmed that he had met with three Hamas West Bank officials: Faraj Rumaneh, Hussein Abu Quaik and Nasser a-Din al-Shaar, who served in the past as the deputy prime minister and education minister in the Hamas-led unity government. But Abbas adviser Ahmed Abdel Rahman said that it was not an official meeting and denied that Abbas had invited the three. Abu Quaik, however, said the three had been invited to prayers by Abbas. |
| Posted by:Fred |