[AP/Ha'aretz] Some 27 Fatah activists have sneaked out of Hamas-ruled Gaza in recent days to attend the Fatah convention in Bethlehem this week. Hamas says it will not allow the Gazans to leave until Fatah releases Hamas detainees in the West Bank. Israel has granted permits to nearly all the Fatah delegates from Gaza, as well as scores of Fatah delegates from abroad, in a gesture of support for Mahmoud Abbas. One woman put on a veil and long robe and then rode in a donkey cart past the Hamas checkpoint. Others posed as medical patients on their way to treatment in Israel, including a woman delegate who got in a wheelchair and was pushed by three Fatah activists.
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