Mahmoud Abbas reportedly canceled plans to send security forces to halt rocket attacks into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Authority president called off the plan after armed groups, including those from his own Fatah movement, threatened to attack P.A. policemen and security officers if they’re sent in to stop the rocket attacks, the Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday.
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