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Daily Dispatch · 1 August 2014

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Abbas seeks broad support for war crimes charges

Abbas seeks broad support for war crimes charges — Daily Dispatch, 1 August 2014
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WORLD A5 FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2014 Abbas seeks broad support for war crimes charges BY KARIN LAUB AND JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Nearly a month into Israel's fierce assault on Hamas in Gaza, Pal- estinian President Mah- moud Abbas is facing mounting domestic pres- sure to seek war crimes charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court.

He has hesitated in the past because such a move would instantly put the Palestinians on a risky collision course with Israel.

But with about 1,400 Palestinians killed Associated Press in Gaza, according to A Palestinian medic holds two children, wounded during fighting between Israeli health officials, Abbas has forces and Hamas militants near a compound housing a U.N. school in Beit signaled he might move Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, as other medics treat serious cases Thursday ahead - cautiously. at the emergen

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The caption read 4 August 2014. The scan prints "Friday" with 1 August 2014, which was a Friday; 4 August was a Monday.

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