#Palestinian president Mahmoud #Abbas will meet US state sec Antony #Blinken on Friday, according to Hussein Al-Sheikh, the sec gen of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization #PLO

The Palestinian political leadership is deeply divided between Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party in the West Bank and its #Islamist militant #Hamas opponents who control the #Gaza Strip.

A background piece comparing the two:
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