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tatus at the UN. As it is currently being framed, the resolution will include a clear definition of borders for the Palestinian state that includes the West Bank and Gaza. The UN resolution will provide Abbas with the diplomatic platform he needs to enter into negotiations with Israel, and give him room to d
and the eventual establishment of an Islamic caliphate. Scholastic (traditional) Salafism: EFTA00700343 This is the ancient and inherent type of Salafism that focuses on the search for legitimate knowledge — such as interpretation, hadith (sayings of the Prophet), jurisprudence, etc. — more than focu
its militant ways. But instead of suffering from Israel's partial blockade, Hamas has exploited it. By shutting down Gaza's exports to Israel and the West Bank, the blockade has destroyed Gaza's independent business class, which might have been a source of opposition to Hamas. Instead, Hamas has created a
sar Allah, a Salafi group that had openly challenged Hamas' authority, and a number of its members. But short of using extreme violence to suppress Salafism in Gaza, which would have been too costly for Hamas, Hamas could not eliminate the Salafi challenge. It watched with worry as new Salafi groups em
allow. So while Hezbollah and Hamas are managing to keep Israeli gas out of Gaza and Lebanon, at least for now, Israel is opting instead to pump to the West Bank. Noble already signed a 20-year contract to supply the Palestine Power Company, starting in 2016 or 2017. A similar contract with Jordan is in the
me then under the paracolonial aegis of Great Britain. The kingdom was organized in religious terms by a version of Sunni Islam called Wahabism (or Salafism). Wahabism is a very strict puritanical doctrine that was notably intolerant not only of religions other than Islam but of other versions of Islam
Entities connected to both the West Bank and Salafism

Barack Obama
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Jerusalem
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
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United States
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Bashar al-Assad
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Bill Clinton
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Tehran
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Middle East
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Cairo
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West Bank
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Hosni Mubarak
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Marc Rich
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Vladimir Putin
PERSONthe Gaza Strip
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Hillary Clinton
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Saddam Hussein
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