Mahmoud Abbas said he has frozen negotiations on forming a Palestinian Authority coalition government with Hamas. Aides for the Palestinian Authority president said Sunday that his Fatah faction had suspended coalition talks with the governing Hamas because the ruling Islamist movement is refusing to soften its stance on Israel.
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