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, including three roads, a hospital and a new town that will bring thousands of jobs to the impoverished territory. Hamas' Palestinian opponents in the West Bank were watching the emir's plans with some concern. They fear that any gestures that strengthen Hamas' hold on Gaza will make the Islamists less incl
oed the deal, unwilling to give Abbas a renewed foothold in Gaza. Hamas has been holding secret EFTA00711390 leadership elections since then, and Mashaal announced last month he is no longer seeking another term in the top spot. The upcoming visit by the Qatari ruler — a boon to Hamas — has been shr
rnment to pave the way for presidential and parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories. However, senior Hamas officials in Gaza accused Mashaal at the time of not consulting with them first and torpedoed the deal, unwilling to give Abbas a renewed foothold in Gaza. Hamas has been holding se
ment is not intended to delegitimize Israel, as the Israeli government claims. It is, instead, a movement to delegitimize the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, which we believe is the last surviving apartheid system in the world. It is a movement that could free Palestinians EFTA00630459 from nearly 45
comment on Al-Jazeera. I tried to explain why suicide attacks were not good, that they would not achieve anything. I did not initially realize that Mashaal was on the other side. He replied that I was talking rubbish and that suicide attacks are great and shooting and killing is great. That is why I go
ment is not intended to delegitimize Israel, as the Israeli government claims. It is, instead, a movement to delegitimize the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, which we believe is the last surviving apartheid system in the world. It is a movement that could free Palestinians from nearly 45 years of occup
comment on Al-Jazeera. I tried to explain why suicide attacks were not good, that they would not achieve anything. I did not initially realize that Mashaal was on the other side. He replied that I was talking rubbish and that suicide attacks are great and shooting and killing is great. That is why I g
Entities connected to both the West Bank and Mashaal

Barack Obama
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Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
George W. Bush
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Tehran
LOCATION
Fatah
ORGANIZATION
Middle East
LOCATION
West Bank
LOCATION
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Cairo
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Mahmoud Abbas
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Damascus
LOCATIONthe Gaza Strip
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Hillary Clinton
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Ehud Barak
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