Egypt leads drive to curb Hamas poll success
Egypt is leading behind-the-scenes efforts to curb further ballotbox successes by the militant Palestinian group Hamas in planned parliamentary elections in Gaza and the West Bank. The “Stop Hamas” campaign is part of a strategy to secure a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in August, a subsequent large-scale international aid and reconstruction effort, and a victory for Fatah and other “moderate” Palestinian factions in polls tentatively rescheduled for next January.Full Story