Mahmoud Abbas launched his campaign to become Palestinian Authority president. The leading candidate in Jan. 9 elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Abbas issued a platform Saturday demanding a Palestinian state in all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with eastern Jerusalem as its capital.
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