Hamas Leader Sees West Bank Takeover If Israel Leaves

[Reuters] Nidal al-Mughrabi - Hamas Islamists, who seized control of Gaza in June, would take over the West Bank if Israel pulled out of the territory, senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said on Friday. "We say to those in the West Bank, take a lesson from what happened in Gaza," Zahar said. Israel has warned that Hamas would be poised to take over the territory were it to withdraw its forces.