Palestinian Authority seeking to build independent state in West Bank and Gaza Strip, the bits of former Palestine that were not incorporated into Israel after the war of 1948, there are now two rival authorities with very different aims. ... The last exit when Palestinians elected..…
Abbas expelled Hamas from the Palestinian government last week after the Islamist group routed his forces in Gaza, leaving the president's more moderate Fatah movement in control of the West Bank. Olmert made no public statements Monday but Israel has expressed its desire to negotiate with a..…
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