Palestinian PM to resign for reshuffle: sources

    RAMALLAH, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will resign Monday to open the door for reshuffling（改组） his West Bank-based government, sources said Sunday.
    The sources told Xinhua that Fayyad would form and lead the new government. Months ago, Abbas declared that the government would be expanded（扩充的,展开的） and modified.
    The news about the new government followed several decisions made by the Palestinian leadership to settle a state of internal split between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, where rival Hamas movement holds sway.
    On Saturday, Palestine Liberation Organization decided¹ to hold presidential and parliamentary elections by September, though Hamas, which routed pro-Abbas forces in a brief fighting in Gaza in 2007, refuses the elections before reaching a comprehensive power-sharing pact² with Abbas' Fatah party.
    The leadership also decided to hold municipal polls in July.
    Ghassan al-Khatib, spokesman of Fayyad's government, declined to comment on the news about the reshuffle.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。