Report: Meeting between Palestinian President, PM postponed due to European, U.S. pressure

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Palestinian officials say the U.S. is unwilling to discuss the option of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's resignation, in spite of his long-standing differences with President Mahmoud Abbas.

By Jack Khoury and Reuters | Apr.12, 2013 | 11:22 AM

snip* According to sources, the Americans are not willing to discuss the option of removing Fayyad from his position of Prime Minister.

Earlier this week there were conflicting reports about Fayyad's political future, with some sources claiming Wednesday that he had offered his resignation to Abbas following a rift between the two men over government policy.

European diplomatic sources reported that the West has expressed reservations regarding the political inner workings of the Palestinian Authority, as U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and the European Union are trying to bring about a new round of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

According to those same sources, removing Fayyad from his position could have a negative effect on donations and funding to the Palestinian Authority.

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[azurnoir]

1. Thank you interesting article

and my western America self will admit if I could chose I'd put Fayyad in charge of the PLO giving a comfortable familiar face for the Quartet et al to deal with

and

M. Bargouthi in charge of PA to show some backbone to Israel