Fatah to boycott Palestinian parliamentary session

The ousted Fatah party will boycott today’s session of the Hamas-dominated parliament to protest against the militant group’s overturning of new powers for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Hamas has 74 seats in the new parliament and Fatah has 45. Yesterday, Hamas nullified powers the outgoing Fatah-ruled parliament gave to Abbas to cancel the new parliament’s laws and appoint Fatah officials to key positions.