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Israel-Palestine
'Abbas has failed against militants'
2005-02-23
Israel's Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz accused new Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas Tuesday of failing to do enough to put an end to attacks by militant groups, parliamentary sources said. "From the point of view of the war against terrorism, Abu Mazen (Abbas) has not passed the test," Mofaz said during a closed-door session of the parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee.

Israel has been demanding that Abbas dismantle what it calls the "terrorist infrastructure" of hardline groups such as Hamas. While Abbas has managed to persuade the factions to observe a temporary truce, he has held back from a crackdown on the groups for fear of provoking a civil war. Mofaz also told the committee that the planned pullout of settlers from the Gaza Strip, scheduled to start on July 20, was likely to last six or seven weeks. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had previously indicated that he expected the process to last around 12 weeks.
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