August 8, 2009

In the West Bank, the IDF conducts evening and late-night arrest raids and house searches nr. Hebron and Jenin. (OCHA, PCHR 8/13)

Abbas, running unopposed, is reelected head of Fatah by a majority in a voice vote (65 oppose). Observers report (WT 8/9) that “five stormy days of infighting . . . only highlighted how the U.S.-backed party remains fractured.” (NYT, WP, WT 8/9)