 People will be banned from carrying guns on 25 January when Palestinians go to the polls in general elections, under an agreement between Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction and its main rival in the election, the radical Islamist group Hamas. The announcement was made on Wednesday at a joint news conference in Gaza by senior officials from the two organisation - Fatah's Samir Mashharawi and Hamas' Saeed Seyam. The 25 election day should be a ''a celebration of democracy" the men said, warning that any Hamas or Fatah militant who did not comply with the order would be expelled from their respective movement. |