(Maariv Hashavua-Jerusalem Post) Yasser Okbi - PA President Mahmoud Abbas rejected an international effort to impose his government's rule on Gaza, it was learned on Thursday. Western governments sought to advance a UN Security Council resolution that would confer upon the Ramallah administration a mandate to rule Gaza, which is currently in the hands of Hamas. After they were presented with a draft of the resolution, the PA rejected the document out of hand. The draft, formulated last September immediately following the 2014 Gaza war, stipulates that Gaza and its border crossings must be effectively returned to administrative rule of the PA, headed by Abbas.
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