Article: Hamas says it pushes for national unity coalition government

Hamas says it pushes for national unity coalition government

GAZA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, said on Saturday that it wants the formation of a Palestinian national unity government to settle the political crisis.

"Hamas pushes towards a national coalition government that can defend the Palestinian people and their rights," said Fawzi Barhoom, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza.

Barhoom remarks mean that Hamas rejects the proposed idea of forming a technocrat government that exclude members of the largest Palestinian groups -- Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement.

The proposal for a technocrat government was made during a series of ...

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