Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin attends a Hamas march in Gaza to
demand the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, June 3,
2002. Two Palestinian Islamic militant groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad,
that rejected interim peace accords with Israel said on Monday they had
rejected an offer by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to take seats
in his upcoming reformed cabinet. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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