Hailu says his Unity Party is the only opposition group with a near-nationwide support base.

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"It's like a tale of two cities, " said Mike Miller, who works with the homeless group Unity of Greater New Orleans.

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"There is no illusion anymore about 11 football players being like friends, and all these things about 'Real Love' and so on, " Jan-Henrick Gruszecki, one of the founders of Dortmund's biggest fan group, Unity, said, making reference to Dortmund's motto.

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Both Israel and the United States consider Hamas a terrorist organization and have voiced strong opposition to the inclusion of the group in any unity government, demanding that it first renounce violence, recognize the state of Israel and abide by all previous agreements.

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