U.S. Expected to End Embargo Against Palestine
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The new cabinet is to be sworn in Sunday in the West Bank, where Fatah forces stormed government offices on Saturday, just three days after Hamas seized control of Gaza and [Mahmoud Abbas] dismantled the Hamas-Fatah coalition government in response.
In another boost for Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the new Palestinian government would create a "new opportunity" for the peace process. Olmert has long welcomed Abbas as a negotiating partner, but said Abbas's alliance with Hamas made peacemaking virtually impossible.Across Gaza, Hamas cemented control. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who has ignored Abbas's order firing him, replaced Fatah security commanders with his own men, and Hamas gunmen rounded up their opponents' weapons. In the southern town of Khan Younis, members of the most powerful local clan refused to hand over their guns, and a firefight erupted. Hamas fighters stormed the homes of clan members, saying they confiscated drugs and a weapons cache.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Expected to End Embargo Against Palestine
But money unlikely to reach Gaza, now controlled by Hamas militants
By Karin LaubRAMALLAH, West Bank -- Mahmoud Abbas got a major boost in his increasingly bellicos...See the full content of this document
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