Report: Turkey pressing Hamas to accept Fayyad as PM
The London-based al-Quds al-Arabi has reported that Turkey summoned Hamas's politburo chief, Khaled Mashaal, in order to press him to accept the appointment of Salam Fayyad to the prime minister of a Palestinian unity government.
The report says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also in Turkey, has reached an agreement with the Turkish government on the appointment. (Elior Levy, Ynet's Palestinian affairs correspondent)
