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Article: Hamas to open Palestinian parliament offices in Arab world
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 29, 2009
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Hamas to open Palestinian parliament offices in Arab world
GAZA, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hamas is considering opening branches
for the Palestinian parliament in several Arab states to reach out
to the world and overcome travel restrictions caused by an Israeli
blockade of Gaza.
Hamas leaders said the idea was still under discussion, but
sources said Hamas lawmaker Marwan Abu Rass has left the Gaza Strip
for Damascus to prepare for the opening of the Palestinian
Legislative Council (PLC)'s first branch outside the Palestinian
territories.
"The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc of Hamas is thinking
seriously of opening a regular office in the Syrian capital," Ismail
al-Ashqar, another Hamas ...