Palestinians agree to a national unity government

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, announced today that the continued efforts to form a national unity government ended successfully by determining its political program.

He told WAFA and Palestine TV that efforts will be concentrated in the next few days on forming the national unity government.

Hamas leads the government after its success in the elections, and was opposed by mainly Fatah.

He said that we are so pleased to tell Palestinian people that we formulated the political program of the national unity government on the basis of the National Reconciliation Document.

He said that in the coming days we will start to form the new government, and we call on our people to support these efforts.

Prime Minister Ismael Haniyya said today that the consultations to form the national unity government made great progress.

Haniyya's statement came during the weekly meeting of the Cabinet. Hanyyia said the Israeli ongoing aggressions, the expansion of colonies and the judaisation of Jerusalem, stressing that the Palestinian people should unite in face of the current challenges.

He called on the government employees to end their strike, asserting that his government proudly is laying the foundation for the first national unity government in cooperation with President Mahmoud Abbas.