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Hundreds of Palestinians protest in West Bank
Thursday February 17, 2011 06:16:54 PM,
DPA
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Ramallah:
Several hundred Palestinians marched in the West Bank city of
Ramallah Thursday, demanding an end to the divisions between the
two major political parties, Fatah and Hamas.
"The people want an end to division," some chanted.
Police, who had previously said they would ban demonstrations, did
not intervene and allowed the protest to continue uninterrupted.
The protest was called for by a number of Palestinian groups who
said they were fed up with the de-facto split between the West
Bank, which is ruled by the Fatah-backed Palestinian Authority,
and the Gaza Strip, ruled by the Islamist Hamas since June 2007.
Some Palestinians have decided to step up popular pressure on both
Fatah and Hamas to end their differences and re-unite the country
in light of the failure of the peace process so far.
The Palestinian Authority is also planning to hold long-overdue
presidential and legislative elections in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip by September, as well as local elections on July 9.
But President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he would not be able to
hold the elections without Gaza.
Hamas, which rose to power in the last elections held in 2006, has
already said it will not allow elections in the Gaza Strip.
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