Gazans Turn Against Abbas at Funerals

(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Some 50,000 Palestinians poured out of Gaza City's mosques after Friday prayers, straight into a huge funeral procession for 12 Palestinians who were killed in the IDF raid on one of the city's neighborhoods on Thursday. The procession, led by hundreds of masked and armed Palestinians belonging to Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Fatah, turned into a huge rally against Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and the U.S. road map for peace in the Middle East.


2003-05-05 00:00:00

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