The Palestinian Authority established committees with Hamas and Islamic Jihad to plan running the Gaza Strip once Israel withdraws. The two terrorist groups will join the Palestinian Authority and other Palestinian parties in placing representatives throughout the Gaza Strip on the eve of the withdrawal, Galab Darabya, an assistant to P.A. Foreign Minister Nabil Sha’ath, said Wednesday in Washington.
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