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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/31/abuses-inflame-palestinian-rift/
Rival Palestinian Governments Clamp Down on Critics
(AP-Washington Times) Karin Laub and Diaa Hadid - Reports by Palestinian rights groups highlight a surprising symmetry in the abuse that the U.S.-backed government of PA President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank and his Iranian-supported rivals Hamas in Gaza inflict on each other. Both governments carry out arbitrary arrests, ban rivals from travel, exclude them from civil service jobs and suppress opposition media, the rights groups say. Torture methods in West Bank and Gaza lockups include beatings and tying up detainees in painful positions. The crackdowns have become more sweeping in recent months.