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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/15/AR2005051500817.html
In Gaza, New Hamas-Dominated Council Attends to Basics
(Washington Post) Molly Moore - Voters in the West Bank and Gaza are handing a sizable share of power to a group that many U.S. and Israeli leaders associate more closely with terrorism than with political reform. Yet in communities across Gaza and the West Bank, Islamic politicians are earning wide support using old-fashioned tactics valued the world over: fixing potholes, picking up garbage, and turning on streetlights.