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Palestinian Government Falls

Abbas declares state of emergency following Hamas takeover of Gaza

By Sophie Goldstein, Newser User

Posted Jun 14, 2007 5:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – Hamas is in control of the Gaza strip this evening and Palestine's unity government dissolved, in what the moderate Fatah party is calling a coup d'etat. President Mahmoud Abbas declared a state of emergency in both the West Bank and Gaza, where the hard-line Islamic... Read full story »

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