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Source: http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2782/mahmoud-abbas-hypocrite
Both the PA and Israel Are Cracking Down on Hamas
(Stonegate Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - The Palestinian Authority has expressed outrage over the arrest of Hamas officials in the West Bank by the Israel Defense Forces - even though the PA itself has also been arresting Hamas supporters. The truth is that the Israeli clampdown on Hamas is designed to help Abbas. Abbas knows that without the Israeli security crackdown on Hamas, his regime would not be able to remain in power for one day. In the past two months, Palestinian security forces have arrested more than 70 Palestinians on suspicion of membership in Hamas.