Abbas arrives for Eid
From Times Wire Reports
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to the Gaza Strip, his first visit since a deadly outbreak of factional violence this month.
Abbas, who spends most of his time at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, arrived to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, his office said. He criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who he said had broken his promise to release Palestinian prisoners before the Islamic holiday.
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