Hamas presented its candidates for the new Palestinian Cabinet to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The P.A.’s prime minister-designate, Ismail Haniyeh, named senior Hamas leaders Mahmoud Zahar to be foreign minister and Said Sayam as interior minister.
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