Mahmoud Abbas said he had the power to remove the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority if it doesn’t begin to negotiate with Israel. Abbas also said peace with Israel could be reached soon, and warned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert against moving ahead with his plan to annex major West Bank settlement blocs in the absence of peace talks.
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