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February 17, 2006
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Hamas chose Ismail Haniyeh to be the next Palestinian Authority prime minister. Haniyeh is seen as a relative moderate within the terrorist group. He headed the group’s list in parliamentary elections last month in which Hamas scored a surprise triumph. Also Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz proposed barring all Palestinians from crossing Israel to travel between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

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