Hamas Indicates It Will Challenge Arafat
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli troops pushed into the northern Gaza Strip and killed at least two Palestinians, witnesses said, while new signs emerged that the violent Hamas group is preparing a political challenge to Yasser Arafat despite a series of blows from Israel.    The incursion into Gaza came late Tuesday, the day Palestinians marked the fourth anniversary of their bloody uprising...
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âUntil now we are still defending ourselves, defending our people, pushing the Israelis outside our territory.â. Hamas is boycotting next monthâs election to replace the late Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority.
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The Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas said on Wednesday it would boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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Militants from Hamas threaten to overrun Gaza security positions belonging to Palestinian rivals Fatah.
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Hamas fighters on Thursday raised the green flags of the Islamist movement over one of the last Gaza City bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses said.
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Hamas threatened to launch a new uprising against Israel on Saturday when hundreds of thousands of Islamist supporters rallied in Gaza City to mark the group's 20th anniversary.
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Gaza City: Hamas will not field a candidate for next month&#39;s election to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority, a spokesman for the radical Islamist movement said on Wednesday.
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Palestinians marked the fourth anniversary of their uprising Tuesday amid signs that the extremist Hamas group is preparing a political challenge to Yasser Arafat despite a series of Israeli military blows at the movement&#39;s leadership.
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GAZA CITY : The armed wing of the hardline Palestinian movement Hamas threatened to take aim at Israeli targets abroad after one of its founders was killed in a Damascus car bombing blamed on Israel.
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Alaa Siyam's limbs are purple from a beating by Hamas police &#151; but he says that won't stop him from joining protests against the militant group's leaders now running Gaza.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon The militant group Hamas is calling for unity among Palestinian leaders and says it&#39;s setting aside differences with an ailing Yasser Arafat.
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The attack underlines the potential of the violent Hamas-Fatah power struggle to spill over into Israel.
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The Palestinian militant group Hamas has threatened revenge for the killing of a Hamas operative in Damascus. Hamas accuses Israel of the assassination.
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Hamas is serious about coalition talks with President Mahmoud Abbas and wants them to succeed, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Sunday.
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BEIRUT: Hamas is debating whether to expand its operations against Israeli targets overseas as a means of deterring Israel from further assassinations of key personnel, according to a spokesman for the militant Palestinian group.
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Hamas rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's call for the deployment of international troops in the Gaza Strip, vowing on Saturday to attack them like other "occupation forces".