RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The ruling Hamas movement and President Mahmoud Abbas's office accused each other on Sunday of trying to derail a planned Palestinian unity government that officials hope will lift Western sanctions.
Abbas aides said the president had frozen talks on the coalition after Hamas said it would not accept interim peace deals with Israel. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said talks had only been delayed while Abbas visited New York.
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