Abbas will not reject Hamas cabinet - Abbas spokesman

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Mar 18 (Reuters) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah faction has refused to join a Hamas-led government, will not reject Hamas's cabinet line-up, his spokesman and another senior Fatah official today said.

Nabil Abu Rdainah, Abbas's spokesman, said Abbas would not reject the cabinet because the Palestinian president believed he should give Hamas a chance to get its government in place.

Azzam al Ahmad, the senior Fatah official, said Abbas would press Hamas to make changes to its agenda once the cabinet took office.

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