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Hamas Disperses "Unity" Protests by Force; Dozens Hurt
(Ynet News) Elior Levy - Thousands of Palestinians thronged major squares in Gaza and the West Bank on Tuesday to appeal to their leaders to end the long-running feud between their two rival governments. In Gaza's main square, Palestinian sources said Hamas officers, some of them plain-clothed, beat protestors with clubs and fired rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse them. Dozens were reportedly injured. Reporters were arrested and cameras were confiscated. The pro-reconciliation demonstration originally was organized by independent activists on Facebook influenced by the changes sweeping through the region. But Fatah and Hamas quickly jumped on the bandwagon, and the two parties clearly dominated Tuesday's rallies.