More than 2, 000 members of Fatah, the Palestinians' main secular-minded party, met in Bethlehem, on the Israeli-occupied West Bank, for their first congress in 20 years.

超过2000名巴勒斯坦世俗派别法塔赫的成员在以色列占领的西岸的伯利恒举行他们20年来的首次会议。

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More than 2,000 members of Fatah, the Palestinians' main secular-minded party, met in Bethlehem, on the Israeli-occupied West Bank, for their first congress in 20 years.

超过2000名巴勒斯坦世俗派别法塔赫的成员在以色列占领的西岸的伯利恒举行他们20年来的首次会议。

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