Palestinians Anxious Mubarak Exit May Mean More Mideast Disarray
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Palestinians watched anxiously as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has helped broker Middle East peace talks for the past 20 years, said yesterday he won’t run for another term.
Neither the Palestinian Authority, which rules the West Bank, nor its president, Mahmoud Abbas, has said anything official about the weeklong protests that challenged Mubarak’s rule, calling the situation too volatile. The militant Islamic Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, also has chosen to remain silent about the political events in Egypt.