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Palestinian Classrooms Stay Closed, Hamas Views Teachers Strike as Fatah Power Play
[AP/Houston Chronicle] Mohammed Daraghmeh - 800,000 Palestinian students are locked out by an open-ended teachers' strike called over the Hamas-led government's failure to pay salaries and a quick end to the strike appears unlikely. Hamas says there's much more behind the walkout than a wage dispute: They accuse the rival Fatah movement, which dominates the teachers' unions, of keeping the strike going in an effort to bring down the government. Palestinian parents are increasingly worried that students will lose the entire school year due to the standoff.