[AP/Washington Post] Ben Hubbard - Since the fall of Gaza to Hamas, Fatah is pushing hard to restrict Hamas' influence in the West Bank, but the Islamists, who have won control of several key towns in local elections since 2005, are too deeply rooted in Palestinian society to be sidelined easily. Immediately after the Gaza takeover, Abbas fired the Hamas-led government and ordered a crackdown on the group in the West Bank, including the arrests of dozens of Hamas militants.
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