Editing Mahmoud Abbas (section)

===With Hamas===
In May 2006, Abbas gave [[Hamas]] a ten-day deadline to accept the [[Six-Day War |1967 ceasefire lines]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/25/palestinian.talks/ |title=Abbas gives Hamas 10 days to accept Israel |date=25 May 2006 |website=CNN |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

In December 2006, Abbas called for new legislative elections, to bring an end to the parliamentary stalemate between Fatah and Hamas in forming a national coalition government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://us.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/16/abbas/index.html |title=Palestinian president calls for early elections |date=16 December 2006 |website=CNN |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

In March 2007, a [[Palestinian government of March 2007|unity government]] was formed incorporating members of both Hamas and Fatah, with [[Ismail Haniyeh]] as prime minister and independent politicians taking many key portfolios.

In June 2007, Abbas dissolved the Hamas-led unity government of Haniyeh, declared a state of emergency, and appointed [[Salam Fayyad]] in his place. This followed action by Hamas armed forces to take control of Palestinian Authority positions controlled by Fatah militias. The appointment of Fayyad to replace Haniyeh has been challenged as illegal, because under the Palestinian Basic Law, the president may dismiss a sitting prime minister, but may not appoint a replacement without the approval of the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]]. According to the law, until a new prime minister is thus appointed, the outgoing prime minister heads a caretaker government. Fayyad's appointment was never placed before, or approved by the Legislative Council.{{cn|date=November 2023}} For this reason, Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister has [[Governance of the Gaza Strip|continued to operate in Gaza]], and is recognised by a large number of Palestinians as the legitimate acting prime minister. Anis al-Qasem, a constitutional lawyer who drafted the Basic Law, is among those who publicly declared Abbas's appointment of Fayyad to be illegal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL0880166 |title=Opinion of lawyer who drafted Palestinian law |date=8 July 2007 |website=Reuters |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

In June 2007, the European Union promised to resume direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, and Abbas dissolved the [[Palestinian Security Services|National Security Council]], a sticking point in the defunct unity government with Hamas.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/18/business/mideast.php |title=Abbas dissolves Palestinian National Security Council, rallying international support |date=18 June 2007 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=[[International Herald Tribune]] |access-date=26 January 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621092227/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/18/business/mideast.php |archive-date=21 June 2007}}</ref> That same day, the United States decided to end its fifteen-month embargo on the Palestinian Authority and resume aid, attempting to strengthen Abbas's West Bank government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/19/sports/pals.php |title=U.S. ends embargo on Palestinian Authority in move to bolster Fatah |first=Helene |last=Cooper |date=19 June 2007 |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |access-date=26 January 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002021516/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/19/sports/pals.php |archive-date=2 October 2007}}</ref> A day later, the Fatah Central Committee cut off all ties and dialogue with Hamas, pending the return of Gaza.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/19/africa/ME-GEN-Palestinians-Fatah-Hamas.php |title=Fatah's leadership decides to cut off all contacts with Hamas |agency=Associated Press |date=19 June 2007 |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |access-date=26 January 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016061625/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/19/africa/ME-GEN-Palestinians-Fatah-Hamas.php |archive-date=16 October 2007}}</ref>

In July 2023, Abbas met with Turkish president [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and Hamas leader [[Ismail Haniyeh]]. Behind the meeting was Turkey's effort to reconcile Fatah with Hamas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Erdogan hosts PA's Abbas, Hamas head Haniyeh to prepare for détente talks |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/erdogan-hosts-pas-abbas-hamas-head-haniyeh-to-prepare-for-detente-talks/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=26 July 2023 |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>