Egypt decided to ease restrictions after Hamas recently signed a reconciliation agreement with the rival Fatah faction that runs the West Bank.

哈马斯最近和统治约旦河西岸的对手法塔赫签署了一项和解协议，埃及因而决定放宽管制。

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A spokesman for the ruling Palestinian Fatah faction says the group called for a general strike in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Friday.

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The vote is supposed to take place in the West Bank, which is controlled by Mr.Abbas, and the Gaza Strip which is ruled by its rival faction Hamas.

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In truth, a peace deal has been difficult ever since the Palestinian movement split violently in 2007 between the Islamists of Hamas who seized Gaza, and the more secular Fatah faction that clings on to bits of the West Bank (with Israeli and American help) under President Mahmoud Abbas.

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Mr Fischer, once seen as a contender for the top job, championed a pro-Germany faction reluctant to see change in the traditional power structure of the bank.

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