Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, claps along with Ahmed Qureia, a senior Fatah official and the chief Palestinian negotiator with Israel, right, and Fatah leader Hamdan Ashur, left, during the Fatah conference in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. The Palestinians’ Fatah movement came together Tuesday for its first convention in 20 years, trying to rise from division and defeat with a pragmatic political program and new leaders in what its supporters hope will be the final push toward Palestinian statehood. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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