Ahmed Alhaj Ali’s tumultuous week started with his detention by Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and ended with him shuttling from safe house to safe house to evade Israeli arrest. Forces loyal to Abbas have detained at least 299 Hamas supporters in the West Bank in the last three weeks, according to a Hamas official.
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/ 15 January 2007
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed on Monday to hold a three-way meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on reviving peace talks, an Olmert adviser said. The adviser, Miri Eisin, said the three would convene for talks in the ”near future”.