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Abbas Backs Hamas Demand Linking Ceasefire to Ending Gaza Blockade

HeadlineJul 23, 2014

Secretary of State John Kerry is in Israel today for talks with Israel and then the Palestinian Authority. On Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas endorsed a Hamas call to condition a ceasefire on ending the seven-year blockade of the Gaza Strip.

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