Hamas on Monday rejected an invitation by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to join his government, a Hamas official said. Abbas had invited the group to begin negotiations about participation in the government. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei had said Sunday that talks with Hamas and Islamic Jihad on setting up a "national unity" government would begin this week.
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"Tonight the Hamas leadership made a decision following deep consultations within the movement institutions, and the decision was not to participate in the proposed government," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told The Associated Press.
Who would have thought they would do that?
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