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Article: Israeli intelligence official says West Bank, Gaza Strip may splitinto two entities
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 18, 2005
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Israeli intelligence official says West Bank, Gaza Strip may split
into two entities
JERUSALEM, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The head of Israel's military
intelligence said Sunday that it was increasingly likely that in the
coming year the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) would split into
two independent entities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Major General Aharon Zeevi made the remarks in the cabinet while
speaking to the ministers, local newspaper Haaretz reported on its
online edition.
Zeevi told the ministers that the Islamic Resistance Movement (
Hamas) would take political and military control over the Gaza Strip,
which he dubbed "Hamastan," while in the West Bank the ruling Fatah ...