Presiden Palestina Mahmoud Abbas menugaskan Ismail Haniya untuk membentuk koalisi baru nasional setelah Abbas, Haniya dan pemimpin lain Fatah serta HAMAS yang saling bertikai menyepakati persekutuan di Makkah, Arab Saudi, awal bulan ini.
President Mahmoud Abbas designated Ismail Haniya to form a new national coalition after Abbas, Haniya and leaders of rival Fatah and Islamic Hamas movements agreed to an alliance in Mecca earlier this month.