US 'to unblock' Palestinian aid
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16 June 2007
The US will lift a 15-month
embargo on aid to the Palestinians once a new emergency government excluding Hamas is sworn in, a US
diplomat has said.
US consul-general in Jerusalem Jacob Walles said
there were no obstacles to re-engaging with the new government, which would have full US support.
Palestinian President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to swear in a new prime minister on Sunday.
He sacked the Hamas-led government after clashes left more than 100 dead.
On Saturday,
violence between the rival factions spread from Gaza to the West Bank, as Fatah gunmen stormed the
Hamas-controlled Palestinian parliament building in Ramallah.
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