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Article: Trouble at home. (Palestine) (Current Affairs)

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January 1, 1995
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Slipping support for Yasser Arafat among his own Palestinian constituents has given a marked boost to the popularity of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. By taking a hardline stance towards peace negotiations, Hamas has staked out a place as a major player in talks.

THE ONGOING HAMAS-PLO power struggle took on a dangerous new dimension with the bloody fighting between the Palestinian police and their fellow Muslims - supporters of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad - outside the Palestine Mosque in Gaza on 18 November last. In the mayhem that followed, at least 12 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 wounded. Attributions of blame were many and various, but whatever the ...

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