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Abbas Will Have to Win More Than Vote
(Los Angeles Times) Laura King - "Oh, he will certainly win," said the man emerging from the Palestine Mosque, a longtime Hamas stronghold in the heart of Gaza City, as his companions nodded. "But he will not succeed." Islamist extremist groups, most notably Hamas, the largest and most powerful of the Palestinian militant organizations, probably pose the greatest threat to hopes that Abbas will be able to help usher in a new era of Middle East peacemaking. Hamas is boycotting Sunday's vote. In Gaza neighborhoods that are considered the group's home turf, many passersby shook their heads and turned away when asked if they intended to vote.