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This was always predictable. The Palestinian Islamist party-cum-militia Hamas (an Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement) was always going to come to the rescue for its secular rival Fatah.
Fatah is one of the oldest Palestinian organizations.
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Palestinian women attend a protest held by the Islamic Jihad movement calling for the release of prisoners jailed in Israel, outside the International Red Cross office in Gaza City, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. An opening of Gaza’s blockaded borders,...
