Palestinian unity Cabinet to meet this week in Gaza

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ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian unity government will hold its first Cabinet meeting in Gaza this week, a key step toward taking charge of recon- struction efforts in the war-battered territory. a D 4 Y L senior olricial said Mon- day.

The Cabinet will con- vene Thursday, said Dep- Mahmud Hams / AFP l Gelly Images uty Prime Minister Mo- hammed Mustafa. three Palestlnian chlldren play In the back of motorlzed rlckshaws in the Shejaiya section of Gaza City. daysbeforean interna- tional pledwg confer- ence where the Palestin- Mustafa said that's ready to start reconstruc- tion soon," Mustafa said. ian government will seek about to change."The Hamas seized Gaza $4 billion in aid foJGaza, government is forboth the from Abbas in 2007, West Bank and Gaza, and hit hard in a50-day war this summerbetween promptinga borderclo- it's time to start operating Israel and the Islamic sure of Gaza by Israel and in Gaza despite the diffi- militantgroup Hamas. culties," hesaid in a Egypt.

After Egypt tight.

Donorcountries view ened the closure last year phone intenriew. the unitygovernment of and stepped up its de- Theuntty Cabinet, struction ofcross-border independent experts, led headed by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, will." by Western-backed Pales- smuggling tunnels. tinian President Mah- meet in Abbas, fornier Hamas began experienc- residence in Gaza, Musta- moudAbbas,askeyto ing severe financial ditE- cultiesthatmadeit in- fa said.

Abbas has not set any reconstruction plans. foot in Gaza since the Hamas. which is shunned creasingly difficult for the Hamas takeover, and it as a terrorist group by the gTOUP togovern. reniains unclearwhen he international community, This year, Hamas has governed Gaza for agreed to hand over au- might return.

More than 60,000 seven years. thority to a temporary homes and more than The purp)se of the unity government report- s,000 businesses were Gaza meeting is to.see the ing to Abbas, though it refused to disband its situation on the ground destroyed or damaged and to send a message to security forees.

The unity duriiig the latest Israel- the donors, conference Hamas war, which ended government has not yet that thegovernment is started operating in Gaza. in late August.

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"Palestinian unity Cabinet to meet this week in Gaza," The Boston Globe, 7 October 2014. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2014-030. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2014-030