The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister-delegate pledged to fight terrorism. “There is no room for weapons except in the hands of the government,” Mahmoud Abbas told members of the Palestinian legislative council who met in Ramallah on Tuesday to confirm his new Cabinet.
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