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(Created page with "'''Gaza''' (in Arabic: غزة) '''(not to be confused with the Gaza Strip)''' is an Arab city in the Gaza Strip that came under the control of the Hamas group after a conflict with the Fatah movement. In the 2005 Gaza municipal elections, Hamas won a decisive vote. Gaza actually plays a central role in the events of Palestine. This role was created for this city by the Palestinian movement in the second half of the 80s. Israel, during its 38-year occupation of the Gaza...") |
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At the beginning of the Palestinian uprising in 1987, known as the first Intifada, Gaza became the center of political unrest and confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians and the economic situation in the city deteriorated. | At the beginning of the Palestinian uprising in 1987, known as the first Intifada, Gaza became the center of political unrest and confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians and the economic situation in the city deteriorated. | ||
In September 1993, Israeli leaders and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed the Oslo Accords, which called for Palestinian administration of the Gaza Strip and the city of Jericho in the West Bank, which came into effect in May 1994. Most Israelis left Gaza while handing over its administration to the Palestinian Self-Government for managing and controlling the city along with the rest of the Gaza Strip. | In September 1993, Israeli leaders and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed the Oslo Accords, which called for Palestinian administration of the Gaza Strip and the city of Jericho in the West Bank, which came into effect in May 1994. Most Israelis left Gaza while handing over its administration to the Palestinian Self-Government for managing and controlling the city along with the rest of the Gaza Strip. | ||