Middle East: Fatah Staves Off Hamas in Palestinian Local Poll

Hamas, the group responsible for the rocket attacks on Israel earlier this week, has lost in a recent election in the West Bank. The Fatah party ended pulling more than half of the votes, despite of election forcasts saying Hamas would pull away from the remaining groups. The Fatah party ending up doubling the polls of the Hamas group, 54% to 26%. The Palestinaian Authority have refused to let elections carry out in big towns, like Nablus and Gaza, fearing that Hamas might pull ahead in the polls. A Tel Aviv paper said "Fatah will now control 61 councils out of 104, with Hamas running 28."

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