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Fatah marks its anniversary in Bethlehem with show of force

By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10

Tags: Bethlehem, Israel, Hamas

Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for January 3, 2008.

Fatah marked on Monday the 43rd anniversary of its establishment with a display of its security forces' strength in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, only three days after a terror attack by its men near Hebron took the lives of two Israeli hikers.

In light of Fatah's ouster from Gaza by Hamas in June, and the recent renewal of clashes between the groups in the coastal strip, the Bethlehem march appears, however, more a message aimed at the rival movement than a statement about security in the West Bank.

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1.	Pretty soon they`ll have more flags than people	02:07	\|	Jake	04/01/08

2.	wonderful marching	05:19	\|	John	04/01/08

3.	It is Arafat`s retarted mentality and will.	13:51	\|	Mohamed	04/01/08

4.	hamas=fatah=stooges	16:04	\|	don	04/01/08

5.	Marching Onward	18:35	\|	juniper	04/01/08

6.	#2 if he IDF will leave them alone they would have time to train!	00:23	\|	sami	05/01/08

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