巴勒斯坦两个对立派系法塔赫和哈马斯同意组成一个由现任民族权利机构主席阿巴斯领导的联合政府。一位巴勒斯坦官员星期一说，此项协议在卡塔尔的一次会议上达成。这位官员说，协议呼吁阿巴斯担任总理职务，替换西方国家支持的萨拉姆·法耶兹。目前还不清除新政府将在何时组建。
哈马斯和法塔赫去年5月同意组建联合政府。哈马斯统治加沙地带，法塔赫在约旦河西岸领导较为温和的巴勒斯坦民族权力机构。哈马斯是一个伊斯兰激进团体，被西方国家视为恐怖组织。哈马斯在2006年巴勒斯坦选举中取得压倒性胜利。经过几个月的派系斗争后，哈马斯从忠于阿巴斯的法塔赫运动的军队手中接管加沙地带。
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a unity government led by current President Mahmoud Abbas.A Palestinian official said Monday the agreement was reached at a meeting in Qatar.The official said the deal calls for Mr. Abbas to assume the role of prime minister, replacing Western-backed Salam Fayyad. It was not immediately clear when the new government will be formed.
Hamas and Fatah first agreed to form a unity government in May of last year. Hamas rules the Gaza Strip, while Fatah heads the more moderate Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Hamas, an Islamic militant group regarded by the West as a terrorist organization, won a landslide victory in Palestinian elections in 2006. It took over Gaza from forces loyal to Mr. Abbas's Fatah movement in 2007, after months of factional unrest.
