Islamic Jihad, Hamas leaders meet in Beirut in effort to strengthen ties
A Hamas delegation led by deputy head of Hamas' politburo, Saleh al-Arouri, met with PIJ secretary-general Ziyad al-Nakhala in the latter's offices in Beirut.
Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the 'Nakba', or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands fled or were forced from their homes in the war surrounding Israel's independence in 1948, near the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 1(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
