Zahhar slams Doha deal for Abbas to head unity govt
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar on Saturday denounced his party leader's agreement to accept President Mahmoud Abbas as prime minister in a temporary government to unite Gaza and the West Bank.
Hamas chief-in-exile Khalid Mashaal penned an agreement with Abbas in Qatar on Monday for the Fatah leader to head the unity administration.
Zahhar said the decision was "wrong and not strategic," and that Hamas leaders both in the Gaza Strip and abroad had not been consulted on the selection of Abbas, in comments to Gaza's Middle East News Agency.
snip* Hamas official Ahmad Yousef denied the outcry presaged a division in the party. "The difference in opinion is due to the sudden announcement of the meeting ... (and) will be resolved after finding a solution through lawyers," he told Ma'an on Thursday.
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