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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Abu Rudaineh calls on Hamas to accept Abbas offer
2011-03-27
[Ma'an] Presidential front man Nabil Abu Rudaineh on Saturday urged Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, to approve President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas'
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...

initiative to restore national unity.

Abbas accepted an invitation from Gazoo premier Ismail Haniyeh to visit the Gazoo Strip in the midst of massive youth protests demanding an end to the division between the Hamas-run Gazoo government and the Fatah-led Paleostinian Authority in the West Bank.

However,
The all-purpose However...
the president said he would not visit Gazoo to hold further talks, but rather to form an interim unity government to prepare for elections.

Abu Rudaineh urged Hamas to put national interests above partisan concerns and to accept the offer. He said the initiative had the support of the people, as well as national, regional and international figures.

The Arab League, Islamic Conference, United Nations
... aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
, European Union, Russia and Qatar all supported Abbas' plan, and viewed it as a way to end the internal crisis caused by the political divide, the Fatah official added.
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