Saeb Nazif, head of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) Land Authority, said on Thursday that he and his staff had returned from Gaza to Ramallah because the head of the Hamas-appointed land authority, Kamal Abu Madi, insisted on remaining in his post.
In an interview with the PA's Wafa news agency, Nazif said that he had traveled to Gaza in accordance with PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas's instructions to unify the Palestinian institutions between the two parts of the "homeland." He noted that he was surprised by the refusal of the Hamas leader to cooperate with him and hand over land authority to the Ramallah-based PA.
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