[Iran Press TV] Paleostine's resistance movement Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, has agreed to a Qatari proposal that recommends acting Paleostinian Authority chief the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
as the prime minister of a future Paleostinian unity government, officials say.
According to Paleostinian officials, Qatari ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani made the proposal during a meeting with the leaders of the two major Paleostinian factions of Hamas and Fatah in Qatar's capital, Doha, on Sunday.
Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal and Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of Fatah, discussed the formation of a Paleostinian unity government during the Sunday meeting.
Azzam al-Ahmed, a senior Fatah official, said that the meeting was "positive" and the two Paleostinian leaders are scheduled to meet again on Monday.
On May 4, 2011, Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation deal to form a joint caretaker Paleostinian government and hold presidential and parliamentary elections by May 2012.
During the planned Monday meeting, Meshaal and Abbas will discuss delaying the elections to the "end of the year" because there may not be enough time to prepare for the May elections, the Paleostinian officials said.
The officials also said that the two major factions have agreed to hold a meeting with "all other Paleostinian political factions" in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on February 18, to "set the date for the parliamentary and presidential elections."
The leaders of Hamas and Fatah also met in Cairo in November and December 2011 and urged cooperation with the aim of achieving Paleostinian unity.