Hamas and Fatah Act to Clear Way For Palestinian Unity Government - washingtonpost.com: "JERUSALEM, Feb. 15 -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, of Hamas, resigned Thursday to make way for a power-sharing government with the rival Fatah party in the hopes of ending factional strife and restoring international aid to the nearly bankrupt Palestinian Authority.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a Fatah leader, immediately reappointed Haniyeh to assemble the next cabinet. At a news conference in Gaza City, Abbas said he hoped the step would 'inaugurate a new Palestinian era in which people live in peace and security.'"