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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
A pro-Hamas student bloc celebrated their victory in student elections for one of Palestine’s most prominent universities. The Hamas-linked Wafa group won 28 out of 51 seats on Birzeit University’s student council. The Fatah-linked Yasser Arafat student party have 18 seats. The landslide victory came despite Israeli efforts to intimidate students into boycotting Hamas by sending threatening text messages to families of pupils and arresting Hamas candidates on the eve of the elections. “Soon the day will come in which our people as a whole will have their say,” said Hamas West Bank commander Sa…