RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Hamas took over as the dominant party in the Palestinian parliament on Saturday and named its leader Ismail Haniyeh as the Palestinian Authority's next prime minister.
The new parliament paves the way for Hamas to form a government amid calls by major world powers for a boycott of the militant Islamist group over its official stance, which calls for the destruction of Israel.
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