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t become the kind of full-scale revolts that hit Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria. But there is a growing sense that the leaderships of both Fatah (in charge in the West Bank) and Hamas (which controls Gaza) have lost much of their legitimacy. Mired in corruption and addicted to repression, n
ority of Jordanians (ie Palestinian- Jordanians) will be significantly under-represented in the parliament. The leading opposition group in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front (IAF — the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood) has vowed to boycott legislative elections planned for early next year and has called for a mass rally to
many in Hamas, Mashaal sounded as EFTA00686800 if he was diverting to a dangerous course in an effort to adjust to the Arab Spring, handing their Fatah rivals an easy victory. A chorus of protests by the Gaza leaders — not to mention by the West Bankers — immediately erupted. Mashaal was accused of
rgy source — natural gas — coming from Egypt, has caused energy bills for many Jordanians to almost double. Among those pushing hard for changes is the Islamic Action Front (IAF), Jordan's largest opposition group. "Many things have changed but it's not enough," says Hamzeh Mansour, leader of the IAF, the political ar
t become the kind of full-scale revolts that hit Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria. But there is a growing sense that the leaderships of both Fatah (in charge in the West Bank) and Hamas (which controls Gaza) have lost much of their legitimacy. Mired in corruption and addicted to repression, ne
jority of Jordanians (ie Palestinian-Jordanians) will be significantly under-represented in the parliament. The leading opposition group in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front (IAF — the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood) has vowed to boycott legislative elections planned for early next year and has called for a mass rally to
Entities connected to both Fatah and the Islamic Action Front

Jerusalem
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Lebanon
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Barack Obama
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Bashar al-Assad
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Cairo
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Damascus
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Tehran
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Hosni Mubarak
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United States
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Tunisia
LOCATIONthe Gaza Strip
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Bill Clinton
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Yemen
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Marc Rich
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Hillary Clinton
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Ehud Barak
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Mohamed Morsi
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