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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5971OY20091008
Palestinian Reconciliation Pact on Hold
[Reuters] Nidal al-Mughrabi - Hamas has asked Egypt to postpone a meeting with its Fatah rival in Cairo on October 24-26 when they were expected to sign a reconciliation pact. A crowd in Gaza threw shoes at a defaced portrait of Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday and called him a traitor. Hamas, by contrast, is enjoying a wave of popularity for securing the release of 20 female prisoners from Israel last week in return for a video showing that the Israeli soldier it has held captive for three years is alive and well.