Palestinian militants from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction, patrol the street in the West Bank city of Nablus, June 16, 2007. The United States plans to lift a ban on direct aid to the emergency government that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is forming following Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip, Washington's envoy said on Saturday. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)
