RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Hamas will take control of the Palestinian parliament on Saturday, paving the way for it to form the next government amid calls by major world powers for a boycott of the militant Islamist group.
The sweeping victory of Hamas in last month's parliamentary election has put it on a collision course with President Mahmoud Abbas's peace policies while Israel is mulling tough new restrictions to pressure a Hamas-led government.
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