Palestinian leaders Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshaal met recently in
Cairo to try to resolve their differences. The outcome is not entirely
clear yet.
Mr. Abbas is president of the Palestinian Authority and chief of Fatah,
the mainstream political party. He administers a designated area in the
Israeli-occupied West Bank. Meshaal is chief of the Islamic resistance
party, Hamas. After winning the first Palestinian elections in 2006,
Hamas forced its way in 2007 to run Gaza. For security reasons, Meshaal
is based in Syria, and not in Gaza.
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