Hamas Demands Control Ovet 3 PA Security BranchesHamas sent a demand to chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that he give them control of three of the Palestinian Authority's security force branches: The "regular" police, the counter-intelligence force and the civil defense.
Abbas reportedly denied these demands, which were forwarded to him through Egyptian mediators.
The counter-intelligence department is considered to be the strongest branch in the Palestinian Authority security forces and a bitter rival of Hamas
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