Abbas' popularity plunged after he called off the first elections in 15 years in April and was sidelined by the Gaza war in May....
It was seen as a state-in-waiting and was granted limited autonomy in parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Israel and the PLO held several rounds of peace talks throughout the 1990s and 2000s....
The Palestinians, negotiating from a position of weakness, sought an independent state in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, territories Israel seized in the 1
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