US, EU-Backed Abbas Government Vows To Exert Political Authority Over Gaza

Reuters Mohammed Assadi June 18, 2007 01:22 PM
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, bolstered by Western promises to resume aid, vowed on Monday to exert its authority over the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
"The government will pursue its jurisdiction over all parts of the homeland, regardless of what happened in Gaza," Abbas's Information Minister Riyad al-Malki told reporters after the new government met in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
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