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Palestinians see Abbas as sell out in peace talks

President Mahmoud Abbas' ideas of a demilitarized Palestinian state with no sovereignty over its borders are considered by many Palestinians as humiliating concessions.

A stone throwing Palestinian hides behind a garbage bin as a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces flies past him during clashes in the West Bank village of Birzeit, near Ramallah February 27, 2014. The clashes broke out after Israeli forces opened fire and killed a Palestinian they were seeking to arrest on Thursday, after the man had barricaded himself inside his house, Reuters witnesses said. An Israeli military statement said that Muataz Washaha, 24, had been wanted for "suspected terror activity" a
A stone-throwing Palestinian man hides behind a garbage bin as a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces flies past him during clashes in Birzeit, Feb. 27, 2014. — REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

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