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Why was the Palestinian Legislative Council dismantled?

Palestinians are losing hope in their government and its institutions, especially after the Palestinian Constitutional Court issued a decision to dissolve the democratically elected Palestinian Legislative Council that represented all Palestinian parties.

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Senior Hamas official Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian parliament, gestures upon his release from Israel's Ofer Prison, near Ramallah, West Bank, June 9, 2015. — REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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