Word: khraisheh
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...plea for national unity, but top Fatah members involved in the negotiations say that their leaders will probably refuse to join Haniya's cabinet. And Fatah is loath to give up cushy jobs. Aziz Dweik, the new Hamas speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, tried to dismiss Ibrahim Khraisheh from his position as the Council's secretary-general. According to witnesses, 20 gunmen ringed the Council building and demanded that Hamas give Fatah's Khraisheh back his post, despite his defeat in the elections. Eventually the gunmen backed off. In its last days in power, Fatah placed dozens more militiamen...
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