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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070800624.html
Tiff Over Term Could Hurt Palestinian President
[ AP/Washington Post] Mohammed Daraghmeh - Gaza's Hamas rulers say their recognition of Mahmoud Abbas' presidency - a key ingredient for any future reconciliation - will end in six months. After that, they say, Abbas' term ends and they plan to hold elections for a new leader. Abbas aides maintain he can stay in office until 2010. Few expect Bush's Mideast peace initiative to bear fruit unless Abbas can restore his rule in Gaza. Abbas has been in control of only the West Bank since Hamas seized Gaza by force a year ago, and he'll probably keep his truncated job no matter what Hamas decides.