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Hamas Set to Take West Bank Cities in Local Elections
(Ynet News) Alex Fishman - Hamas is about to take control over municipal centers of power in the West Bank in a legal and democratic way in several weeks' time as part of its plan to take over the entire Palestinian Authority. The municipal elections to take place on Oct. 8 are no longer just a vote over sanitary conditions in the Palestinian cities, but rather a process with national political significance that threatens to unseat Fatah from centers of power in the West Bank. No one has any doubt that Hamas is about to sweep many areas and large cities. The municipal elections held in the West Bank and Gaza in 2004-2005 ended with Hamas coming out on top. Political analysts in Israel are predicting a victory for Hamas in the cities of Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, and Kalkilya.